{"id":74569,"date":"2021-03-09T13:07:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T18:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&#038;p=74569"},"modified":"2025-09-30T10:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:26:18","slug":"black-history-is-every-month","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/black-history-is-every-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton School of Social Work Hosts &#8216;Black History is Every Month&#8217; Event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 pt-24 pb-32 md:pt-28 md:pb-44 lg:pt-36 lg:pb-60 xl:pt-48 xl:pb-72\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/multi-culture-concept-1200w-1.jpg); 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