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  • Image: Take a Knee by Weshoyot Alvitre. John Needles Chester Fund.
    • 7:00 pm   8:30 pm    4/2/2025
    • 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, Illinois, 61801

    Let's Talk About...Resistance

    Explore stories of cultural self-determination in societies around the world. Dr. Christina Gonzalez, co-curator of Caribbean Indigenous Resistance / Resistencia Indígena del Caribe ¡Taino Vive!, will lead tours of the exhibit, and staff will share some of the museum's collections related to resistance and cultural identity in the face of oppression.

    • 7:00 pm   9:00 pm    4/8/2025
    • Spurlock, Knight Auditorium, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana, Illinois, 61801

    Political Moses: The Activism of U of I’s First Black Trustee

    In this conversation, Dr. Wayne Pitard and Dr. Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua discuss Pitard's new book on John J. Bird, a significant civil rights leader in 19th century Illinois. A reception will follow.