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