By: Arielle Pare, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, International Studies, French, Bloomington Edited by: Ellie Kaverman and Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistants Policing and justice have always been important topics in American life. Before Martin Luther King Jr. entered the mainstream American narrative in the 1950s through the Civil Rights Movement, academics such as… Read more »
By: Arielle Pare, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, International Studies, French, Bloomington Edited by: Ellie Kaverman and Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistants “When we open ourselves to face and deal with the realities of life, no matter how distasteful, we disarm our… oppressors.”—Goldie Ivory Goldie Ivory, an adjunct faculty member in Indiana University South… Read more »
By: Arielle Pare, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, International Studies, French, Bloomington Edited by: Ellie Kaverman and Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistants Dr. Coramae Richey Mann worked diligently to expose the systemic racism of the American criminal justice system. She served as a mentor to countless students and was a well known expert who… Read more »
By: Alexandria Ruschman, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, International Studies and Central Eurasian Studies, IU Bloomington Edited by: Ellie Kaverman and Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistants “I began singing for the civil rights movement when it was not fashionable to do so. I was never paid for it. I just did it because it… Read more »
By: Arielle Pare, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, International Studies, French, Bloomington Edited by: Ellie Kaverman and Bre Ann Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistants In the last 60 years, many colleges across the country have created programs to help equalize access and completion of higher education. One such program created at Indiana University, the Groups Scholars… Read more »
By: Arielle Pare, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, International Studies, French, Bloomington Edited by: Ellie Kaverman and Bre Ann Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistants Dr. Benjamin F. Peery Jr., an astrophysicist and professor at IU from 1960 to 1977, was the second African-American to earn a Ph.D. in astronomy. His research in astronomy and astrophysics were… Read more »
By: Arielle Pare, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, International Studies, French, Bloomington Edited by: Ellie Kaverman and Bre Ann Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistants Dr. Barbara Shalucha, Associate Professor Emeritus of Biology at Indiana University, brought together community connections and an appreciation for nature to improve the resources available to both Bloomington residents and IU students…. Read more »