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EVENT: WOMEN'S HERSTORY MONTH PROGRAM

"The Political Frontier is Black and Urban: The Intersectional Rhetoric of Keisha Lance Bottoms and Lori Lightfoot"

EVENT: Book Talk - This Is My Jail: Local Politics and the Rise of Mass Incarceration

Melanie Newport, 2016 BMRC Fellow discusses her new book. This event is co-sponsored with the Chicago Collections Consortium.

EVENT: Final 2022 Fellows Talk on Harold Washington - by Richard D. Benson, Ph.D.

Join the Black Metropolis Research Consortium for an in-person research presentation by 2022 Fellow, Richard Benson, Ph.D. titled "Harold Washington: Black Power Politics and United Front Radicalism in the City of Wind" Discussion to follow!

How the BMRC is transforming the field of African American history!

How the BMRC is transforming the field of African American history.

Event: BMRC 2022 Annual Meeting

It's that time again! Join the Black Metropolis Research Consortium for our virtual 2022 Annual Meeting.

Now available - July 2022 BMRC News

Read the BMRC's biannual print newsletter

Event: Big Energy - An Evening with Ayana Contreras 7.22.2022

In-person program and reception co-sponsored with Arts + Public Life and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture

Event: Archives Awareness Panel Series

Please join us for two panels featuring 6 Black Chicagoland archivist speaking about their work!