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WOMEN'S HERSTORY MONTH PROGRAM

"SISTER LOVE: Ericka Huggins, Spiritual Wellness and the Black Panther Party" The BMRC invites you to join us virtually for our 4th annual WOMEN's MONTH PROGRAM. Our featured speaker, Mary Frances Phillips, an author, professor, and activist, will share her research and current book project.

BMRC Community Symposium 3/13/2024

Join us on March 13, 2024, as BMRC members and affiliates discuss their latest work to document Black experiences in Chicago.

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News: Fellows' Fall Speaker Series - Dec 8

Join us Friday, December 8 at 12 PM CT for the BMRC Fellows' Fall Speaker Series! Librarian and independent Writer, Jene Watson will present "Juba, Calinda, Bamboula: The Life of Maud Cuney Hare (A Story for Young Readers)."

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News: Fellows' Fall Speaker Series - Nov 15

On Wed, November 15 at 3 PM CT for the BMRC Fellows' Fall Speaker Series! Olivier Maheo, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Institut d'Histoire du Temps Présent, will present "The DuSable Museum and the Re-appropriation of History. How Black Left Activists Thwarted McCarthyism in the Cultural Sphere"

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News: Fellows' Fall Speaker Series - Nov 17

Join us Friday, November 17 at 11 AM CT for the BMRC Fellows' Fall Speaker Series! Dr. Amanda J. Hall will present "A Child is Dying in Soweto: Black Chicago and Freedom for South Africa."

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NEWS: BMRC FELLOWS' FALL SPEAKER SERIES--NOVEMBER 7

Join us on Wednesday, November 8 at 11 a.m. CST for the next session of the BMRC Fellows' Fall Speaker Series! Agnieszka Tuszynska, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English at Queensborough Community College, CUNY will present “A Damn Hard Fight”: The Life and Work of Willard Motley"

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NEWS: BMRC FELLOWS' FALL SPEAKER SERIES--NOVEMBER 1

Join us on Wednesday, November 1 at 12 noon CST for the next session of the BMRC Fellows' Fall Speaker Series! Eve Wade, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English at the University of Washington will present " 'Chicago is a Place for Them:' Migration Clubs and the Black Metropolis"

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NEWS: BMRC FELLOWS' FALL SPEAKER SERIES -- OCTOBER 25

Join us on Wednesday, October 25, at 12 p.m. CST for the next session of the series. Asif Wilson, Asst. Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, U Illinois Urbana-Champaign will present "Right to the City: Black Organizing, the 1980s Education Summits, and a Model for participatory democracy"

NEWS: APPLY NOW for the 2024 SUMMER SHORT-TERM FELLOWSHIP!

The 2024 Summer Short-Term Fellowship application period is October 13 - December 11.