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A Virtual Conversation with Gregory Eow, Marcia Walker-McWilliams, Daniel Greene, and Ellen Keith

A regional collections emergency relief fund in response to Covid-19

February 24, 2020 @ 7:00-9:00 pm at Oak Park Public Library Main Branch join us as we experience Sasha Phyars-Burgess' "UNTITLED AND YET TO BE DETERMINED, 41.8949° N, 87.7654° W (AUSTIN): A Photographic Exploration of Race, Class & Space in Austin".

February 18, 2020 @ 6:00-8:00 pm at Harold Washington Library Center: Chicago authors Lee Bey and Don Hayner present their recent books highlighting the overlooked architecture and history of Chicago’s South Side.

Dr. Anita Mixon has completed her program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the Department of Communication, and has accepted a tenure-track faculty position at Wayne State University.

January 26, 2020 @ 1:00-3:30 pm at Stony Island Arts Bank, featuring readings by Jonathan Holloway and avery r young, and a panel discussion moderated by Marcia McWilliams of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium.

BMRC Fellow Amani Morrison has been awarded the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Short-Term Travel Fellowship.

The Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago will host a multi-tiered academic project on the under-recognized impact of African American commercial photographers working in Chicago from 1890 through the 1930s.

The BMRC was featured on UChicago News in an article titled "Students, scholars explore African-American archives in Chicago libraries."