{"id":29538,"date":"2026-02-02T09:21:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=29538"},"modified":"2026-02-02T09:21:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:21:48","slug":"wilkes-univeristy-archives-celebrates-black-history-month-honoring-wilkes-college-alumna-william-crowder-and-his-enduring-musical-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/wilkes-univeristy-archives-celebrates-black-history-month-honoring-wilkes-college-alumna-william-crowder-and-his-enduring-musical-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilkes Univeristy Archives Celebrates Black History Month Honoring Wilkes College Alumna William Crowder and his Enduring Musical Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl\">\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl\">\n<div class=\"x1l90r2v x1iorvi4 x1g0dm76 xpdmqnj\">\n<div class=\"x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u\">\n<div class=\"xu06os2 x1ok221b\">\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl\">\n<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div>Wilkes University Archives is excited to celebrate Black History Month by honoring Wilkes College\u2019s first African American graduate, William Crowder. William\u2019s tenure at Wilkes was marked by numerous musical contributions and achievements. From his involvement in theatrical and musical productions to his leadership and participation in student activities, it was evident that William made a lasting impact on our institution.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div>His legacy will be highlighted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/wuarchives.home.blog\/2026\/02\/02\/black-history-month-highlight-the-enduring-musical-legacy-of-wilkes-college-alumna-william-crowder-composer-of-man-against-the-sky\/\">blog post<\/a> by Ella Villani, a Junior Musical Theater major with a minor in dance, who has been adding new materials that were found in the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center in Summer 2025 to the Theater Collection.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div>Please read Ella&#8217;s blog post highlighting Crowder&#8217;s enduring musical legacy at Wilkes and feel free to listen to his music composition of <a href=\"https:\/\/omeka.wilkes.edu\/omeka\/document\/53492\">Man Against the Sky<\/a> which has been digitized and made available on our <a href=\"https:\/\/omeka.wilkes.edu\/omeka\/collections\/show\/50#?c=0&amp;m=0&amp;s=0&amp;cv=0&amp;xywh=-4986%2C-371%2C17392%2C7384\">Omeka Digital Repository!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilkes University Archives is excited to celebrate Black History Month by honoring Wilkes College\u2019s first African American graduate, William Crowder. William\u2019s tenure at Wilkes was marked by numerous musical contributions and achievements. From his involvement in theatrical and musical productions to his leadership and participation in student activities, it was evident that William made a&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/wilkes-univeristy-archives-celebrates-black-history-month-honoring-wilkes-college-alumna-william-crowder-and-his-enduring-musical-legacy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wilkes Univeristy Archives Celebrates Black History Month Honoring Wilkes College Alumna William Crowder and his Enduring Musical Legacy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29544,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29538\/revisions\/29544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}