About Us
Black Solidarity Day is the 57 year old tradition started by Brooklyn College Professor Dr Carlos Russel. This day calls on all Black people to boycott work, school, shopping and any economic participation each year on the Monday before Election Day. This boycott is called in order to remind the world of the power of the Black community. The United States was built on our backs, and we continue to hold it up with our labor in every day jobs, shopping and votes. By withdrawing from the economy for one day, we show that the same governmental and corporate systems that continually oppress and kill us would not be able to exist without the value they exploit from Black peoples. The Black Solidarity Day Committee is charged with the responsibility of spreading the idea of Black Solidarity, the idea of what it means to be a person of color in the past, present and future. Through our programming each year we will create events which unite Black members of the Brooklyn College community in allyship with any and all other people of diverse heritages. We will host discussions of important history and current political matters, as well as fun and cultural activities. We are dedicated to ensuring that the tradition of Black Solidarity Day will be continued and the empowerment of Black students, faculty, and Staff at Brooklyn College and the wider community
