Tag: Diversity

A new exhibition at John M. Olin Library, Chiura Obata, an Artist Behind Barbed Wire: 80 Years After the Incarceration, highlights...

The exhibition Counter/Narratives: (Re)presenting Race & Ethnicity juxtaposes and pairs paintings, artifacts, video, and sculptural elements to create a powerful antithesis...

This fall, our neighboring community, Ladue School District, kicked off a new ‘One Book One Community’ book club for its...

In the summer and fall of 2020, a nationwide outpouring of grief and outrage over ongoing violence against Black men...

Banned Books Week is an annual awareness campaign promoted by the American Library Association (ALA) that celebrates the freedom to...

On August 19th HBO Max premiered the documentary special Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground. The new program is directed...

Henry Hampton’s Blackside, Inc. interviewed William O’Neal on April 13, 1989, for Eyes on the Prize: America at the Racial Crossroads...

ArcGIS StoryMaps is a cloud-based platform for creating and sharing digital stories. The Washington University community has access to this...

Gena McClendon, a speaker on our Geography Awareness Week panel about mapping social justice, talked with me about the history...

Mattis Case In 1971, two teenagers—Michael Mattis (age 17) and Tomas Rolf (age 18)—were found in a golf course shed...

LGBTQ+ Equity In 1972, the ACLU of Eastern Missouri’s new executive director, Joyce Armstrong, prioritized building relationships with local gay...

Once again, as I write about the ACLU of Missouri’s history of trying to stop police violence, I do so...