{"id":143717,"date":"2026-02-09T16:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/09\/hbcu-law-school-not-allowed-to-use-the-word-black-for-black-history-month-event\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:05:09","slug":"hbcu-law-school-not-allowed-to-use-the-word-black-for-black-history-month-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/09\/hbcu-law-school-not-allowed-to-use-the-word-black-for-black-history-month-event\/","title":{"rendered":"HBCU Law School Not Allowed To Use The Word \u2018Black\u2019 For Black History Month Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, the Trump administration tried to minimize Black history by removing plaques honoring people enslaved by George Washington. Not to be one-upped by the federal government, the effect of Florida\u2019s legislation is minimizing Black in the present \u2014 literally. Florida A&M University College of Law, a law school housed in a historically Black college, had its speech chilled as they tried to draw attention to Black History Month events. Click Orlando<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n

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Aaliyah Steward says she is in her final year at Florida A&M University College of Law, and she has encountered obstacles while trying to promote Black History Month events for the Black Law Students Association.According to Steward, certain words were flagged during the approval process for event flyers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was \u2018black,\u2019 \u2018affirmative action,\u2019 and \u2018women\u2019 as well,\u201d Steward said. Steward says she was told those words could not be broadcast or published.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If they can\u2019t say Black, are they supposed to say the N-word or something? Negro, I mean.<\/p>\n

They were told to abbreviate \u201cBlack History Month\u201d to \u201cB History.\u201d Come on, man, even the Trump administration still lets you say Black History Month<\/a>. If things were slightly normal, the school would have just told the students to go ahead with the flyers and wouldn\u2019t have to worry about funding being snatched from them; instead, the school rattled on about how important it is to stay in compliance with Senate Bill 266 and whatever regulations exist to make adding Black to the list of words you can\u2019t say on television<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If merely seeing the word Black offends your sensibilities, there\u2019s no amount of \u201cDon\u2019t Say Black\u201d law-ing, Kid Rock lip-syncing<\/a>, or milk chugging<\/a> that can prepare you for the real world.<\/p>\n

\u2018Black\u2019 Banned From Flyers For FAMU College Of Law Black History Month Event, Student Says<\/a> [Click Orlando]<\/p>\n

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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim,\u00a0is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at\u00a0cwilliams@abovethelaw.com <\/a>and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The post HBCU Law School Not Allowed To Use The Word \u2018Black\u2019 For Black History Month Event<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Last month, the Trump administration tried to minimize Black history by removing plaques honoring people enslaved by George Washington. Not to be one-upped by the federal government, the effect of Florida\u2019s legislation is minimizing Black in the present \u2014 literally. Florida A&M University College of Law, a law school housed in a historically Black college, had its speech chilled as they tried to draw attention to Black History Month events. Click Orlando<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n

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Aaliyah Steward says she is in her final year at Florida A&M University College of Law, and she has encountered obstacles while trying to promote Black History Month events for the Black Law Students Association.According to Steward, certain words were flagged during the approval process for event flyers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was \u2018black,\u2019 \u2018affirmative action,\u2019 and \u2018women\u2019 as well,\u201d Steward said. Steward says she was told those words could not be broadcast or published.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If they can\u2019t say Black, are they supposed to say the N-word or something? Negro, I mean.<\/p>\n

They were told to abbreviate \u201cBlack History Month\u201d to \u201cB History.\u201d Come on, man, even the Trump administration still lets you say Black History Month<\/a>. If things were slightly normal, the school would have just told the students to go ahead with the flyers and wouldn\u2019t have to worry about funding being snatched from them; instead, the school rattled on about how important it is to stay in compliance with Senate Bill 266 and whatever regulations exist to make adding Black to the list of words you can\u2019t say on television<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If merely seeing the word Black offends your sensibilities, there\u2019s no amount of \u201cDon\u2019t Say Black\u201d law-ing, Kid Rock lip-syncing<\/a>, or milk chugging<\/a> that can prepare you for the real world.<\/p>\n

\u2018Black\u2019 Banned From Flyers For FAMU College Of Law Black History Month Event, Student Says<\/a> [Click Orlando]<\/p>\n

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<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim,\u00a0is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at\u00a0[email\u00a0protected] <\/a>and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last month, the Trump administration tried to minimize Black history by removing plaques honoring people enslaved by George Washington. Not to be one-upped by the federal government, the effect of Florida\u2019s legislation is minimizing Black in the present \u2014 literally. Florida A&M University College of Law, a law school housed in a historically Black college, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":143718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Chris-Williams-2025-gEq4LM.jpg?fit=512%2C288&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}