Art in Dark Times: Japanese American Artist Chiura Obata A new exhibition at John M. Olin Library, Chiura Obata, an Artist Behind Barbed Wire: 80 Years After the Incarceration, highlights...
What’s Missing From the Wall? A Spotlight on Race and Representation The exhibition Counter/Narratives: (Re)presenting Race & Ethnicity juxtaposes and pairs paintings, artifacts, video, and sculptural elements to create a powerful antithesis...
‘One Book One Community’ Reading at Ladue School District This fall, our neighboring community, Ladue School District, kicked off a new ‘One Book One Community’ book club for its...
Cataloging with a DEI Lens In the summer and fall of 2020, a nationwide outpouring of grief and outrage over ongoing violence against Black men...
Banned Books from our Special Collections Banned Books Week is an annual awareness campaign promoted by the American Library Association (ALA) that celebrates the freedom to...
New Documentary Uses Footage from Eyes on the Prize Interviews On August 19th HBO Max premiered the documentary special Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground. The new program is directed...
New Film Uses Material from “Eyes on the Prize” Henry Hampton’s Blackside, Inc. interviewed William O’Neal on April 13, 1989, for Eyes on the Prize: America at the Racial Crossroads...
Software Spotlight: StoryMapping ArcGIS StoryMaps is a cloud-based platform for creating and sharing digital stories. The Washington University community has access to this...
Mapping Voter Suppression: An Interview with Gena McClendon Gena McClendon, a speaker on our Geography Awareness Week panel about mapping social justice, talked with me about the history...
ACLU-MO History Spotlight: Police Use of Deadly Force Mattis Case In 1971, two teenagers—Michael Mattis (age 17) and Tomas Rolf (age 18)—were found in a golf course shed...
ACLU-MO History Spotlight: LGBTQ+ Equity LGBTQ+ Equity In 1972, the ACLU of Eastern Missouri’s new executive director, Joyce Armstrong, prioritized building relationships with local gay...
ACLU-MO History Spotlight: Reforms to End Police Violence Once again, as I write about the ACLU of Missouri’s history of trying to stop police violence, I do so...