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Radical Illini: Conversations on Student Activism

Event Type
Informational
Sponsor
University of Illinois Press and the Student Life & Culture Archives
Location
Main Library, Room 106, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana
Date
Oct 4, 2019   9:15 am - 4:15 pm  
Cost
No Cost
Contact
Julie Laut
E-Mail
jlaut2@illinois.edu
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Join us October 4–5, 2019, for a series of panels and presentations exploring the past and present of student activism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Inspired by the recently published U of I Press book, Radicals in the Heartland: The 1960s Student Protest Movement at the University of Illinois by Michael Metz, these events seek to inform and inspire!

Friday sessions, 9:15 am–4:15 pm, Main Library Room 106

■ Conversations on High School Activism
■ The History of Academic Freedom and Free Speech Controversies at UIUC
■ The Impact of the Vietnam War Era Draft

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