🖼️ Online Exhibits
- "They Demanded Courageously: The 1968 Northwestern Bursar’s Office Takeover" is an online exhibit that highlights a significant moment in Northwestern University’s history. It covers the motivations behind the demands from the For Members Only (FMO) and Afro-American Student Union (AASU), as well as the legacy of the Takeover. The exhibit includes key documents, a timeline, participant biographies, photographs, and resources, all sourced from the Northwestern University Archives.
- The "Northwestern Community Ensemble: Black Sacred Music and the College Campus" is an online exhibit that highlights the origins of the choral group during its first ten years. It features oral history clips from founders and early members, along with archival documents from the Northwestern University Archives and contributions from alumni, Blackboard Magazine, the Daily Northwestern, and the Syllabus Yearbook.
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"Place of Protest: Chicago's Legacy of Dissent, Declaration, and Disruption" by Rachel Boyle, Chicago Collections Consortium. This exhibit examines fifteen case studies of protest in Chicago over nearly 150 years. It highlights the influence of location on the strategies of labor, civil rights, and antiwar activists, as well as the responses of law enforcement to social unrest. A spatial analysis reveals how local protests reflect national tensions and how memories of these events shape responses to urban conflict. It includes the history of Northwestern University's 1968 Bursar's Office Takeover.