BU’s Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground hosted a community reception celebrating the Black diaspora on September 12 at the 808 Gallery. Pictured: Autumn Glover (Questrom’27) (left) leads the crowd in song at the event. It was one of three receptions hosted last week by HTC, including two others for BU’s Asian and Latinx communities. Photo by Ajani Hickling (CAS’27)