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Event: Recovering the Lost South Side: Authors Lee Bey and Don Hayner in Conversation

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.

Anita Mixon earns PhD, accepts tenure-track position

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.

Event: Reading the Black Library: Jonathan Holloway and avery r young

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.

Congratulations to BMRC Fellow Amani Morrison

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

“Say It with Pictures” Then and New: Chicago’s African American Photographers 1890-1930

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.