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!
EVENT: This Is Us...2 Celebration and Conversation A conversation with Black to the Beginning co-founders on how we tell stories of Black families and the 2 Year Anniversary of the Black Adoption Podcast
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.
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!