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This calendar lists exhibits in the Marshall Gallery, Floor 1 North-South Corridor, and Floor 2 Circulation area.  Exhibits may be viewed when the Main Library is open; check Library website for current hours.

African Americans and Labor Movements

Event Type
Exhibition
Sponsor
University Archives
Location
Floor 2 Circulation area
Date
Feb 3, 2025 - Feb 28, 2025   All Day
Contact
Jessica Ballard-Lawrence
E-Mail
ballard9@illinois.edu
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The national theme for Black History Month 2025 is African Americans and Labor. One case features Daily Illini articles clippings curated by University Archives staff highlighting some history of labor movements in the Champaign-Urbana community. Another case displays facsimiles from the Black Newspapers Collection of the Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections, a database of digitized historical newspapers. Facsimiles will include mastheads and advertisements for Black newspapers, clippings of Black labor organizations, and advertisements from Black-owned businesses.

These are the cases on the second floor near the circulation desk and the reading room.

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