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May 13, 2024

BMRC Graduate Student Paid Internship

The BMRC is looking for a graduate student intern (20 hours a week) to support the upkeep of the consortium’s Archives Portal and social media accounts

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March 20, 2024

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.

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Dec. 4, 2023

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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Nov. 9, 2023

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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Nov. 9, 2023

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"