A powerful limited-time exhibition that shows two competing artistic responses to racial violence during 1930s, with lessons for our world today.
Tag: African American history
Exhibition opening event: “Unmasked: The Anti-Lynching Exhibits of 1935 and Community Remembrance in Indiana”
Join us as we unveil a limited-time exhibition that offers a powerful look into two competing artistic responses to racial violence during 1930s, with lessons for our world today.
Unity in Action: MLK Day of Service
In honor of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., IU South Bend students, faculty, and staff will join hands for a day of service at three locations in Michiana, two in South Bend and one in Plymouth. The Honors Program would like to invite the entire campus community to join us. There is no better way… Read more »
African American Studebaker stories
The IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center is working with the Studebaker National Museum to record stories and help others learn more about this important part of Studebaker’s South Bend’s history.
Special event: Kekla Magoon, Indiana Authors Award
Join the IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center along with Indiana Humanities and the Brain Lair Bookstore as we welcome celebrated Hoosier author Kekla Magoon to IU South Bend’s Louise E. Addicott and Yatish J. Joshi Performance Hall.
Student event opportunity: Kekla Magoon author talk
Join the IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center along with Indiana Humanities and the Brain Lair Bookstore as we welcome celebrated Hoosier author Kekla Magoon to IU South Bend’s Louise E. Addicott and Yatish J. Joshi Performance Hall.
Special event: Kekla Magoon | Indiana Authors Awards Tour
The celebrated Hoosier author sits in conversation with the Brain Lair’s Kathy Burnette
Book launch | Placing History: An African American Landmark Tour of South Bend, Indiana
The strength of South Bend, Indiana’s African American community comes to life through stories of the places where history was made and the people who helped make it.
“Riotsville, U.S.A.” | crhc:film
Learn how the U.S. military built fake towns to practice violent quelling of uprisings during the 1960s.
Celebrating Malcolm X 2023
We take time to celebrate the life of the late civil rights leader and advocate for justice.