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Announcing BMRC Poet-in-the-Archives

The BMRC announces its inaugural Poet-in-the Archives program

The BMRC Welcomes Rashieda Witter, Black Visual Arts Researcher

The BMRC Welcomes Rashieda Witter, its new Black Visual Arts Researcher

Fellows Fall Speaker Series 12/2/24

The BMRC invites you to the final session of the 2024 Fellows' Fall Speaker Series on Thursday, December 4 at 12:00 p.m. CT. “"Muhammad Gazes: Islam, Blackness, and Resistance Cinema in the United States"

11/21/24 Talk CANCELLED!! (Fellows Fall Speaker Series)

The BMRC invites you to the fourth session of the 2024 Fellows' Fall Speaker Series on Thursday, November 21 at 12:00 p.m. CT. “Danc(ing) the Archive: Colorism and Dark-skinned Female Dancers Representation in the Chicago Archives"

Fellows Fall Speaker Series 11/14/24

The BMRC invites you to the third session of the 2024 Fellows' Fall Speaker Series “Charlemae Hill Rollins, An Early Advocate for Diverse Books," presented by Dr. Nicole Cooke on Thursday, November 14, at 12 p.m. CT.

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The League of Women for Community Service Archives & the Black Women's Club Movement

11/19/24 The BMRC in collaboration with the Gannon Center for Women and Leadership, University Libraries, and Women and Leadership Archives at Loyola University invites you to a talk on the League of Women for Community Service.

Blackitecture: Architecture, and building Black spaces on the ground and in history

11/18/24 - A community conversation sponsored by The Black Metropolis Research Consortium, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Chicago Public Library

Fellows Fall Speaker Series 10-30-24

The BMRC invites you to the second session of the 2024 Fellows' Fall Speaker Series "Illuminating the Expanse of Bronzeville’ s Black Artist-Educator Networks, 1930’s-1960’s," on Wednesday, October 30, at 11 a.m. CT

Fellows' Fall Speaker Series Begins 10/21/24

The BMRC invites you to join us as we kick off the annual Fellows' Fall Speaker Series! The first session, "The World of Walter Barnes: Jazz, Journalism, and the Cultural Geography of Bronzeville," is scheduled for Monday, October 21, at noon CT.