A powerful limited-time exhibition that shows two competing artistic responses to racial violence during 1930s, with lessons for our world today.
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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.
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.
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.
Transgender Day of Remembrance
We honor members of the transgender and nonbinary community whose lives were needlessly cut short.
Reflections on Toni Morrison
We take time to celebrate the acclaimed novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, editor, and educator.
Honoring Charles Mills
Join professors Darryl Heller, Louise Collins, and Bernard Forjwuor as they discuss the late Charles Mills, one of the most important Black philosophers of the 20th century.
African American (Virtual) Landmark Tour
The Civil Rights Heritage Center’s George Garner joins the Mishawaka Penn Harris Public Library for a virtual tour of local landmarks. More information and registration link available here: https://mailchi.mp/d1b9fc1e535d/south-bend-african-american-landmarks-virtual-tour Thursday, February 3, 2022 6:30pm-7:30pm Online only via Zoom