The James F. Holly Rare Books Room staff have curated a new display for Spring 2025 on the topic of activism and social movements throughout history. Join us in exploring these materials by visiting the Rare Books Room during open hours. Want to see material up close? Ask a Rare Books Room staff member to open the display cases for you.
Whereas, We Declare by KaKeArt
Recording Activism Matters.
From the long list of world armed conflicts, to the questioning of police authority, to the right to live and move freely on our earth, to the history of race riots in the 1920’s. These books ask us to see what has happened in the past, and to ask where are we going?
As we live in a time where truth and facts are becoming distorted, how do we make sense of that? How do we respond when we feel powerless? We make art, we tell our stories and our truth, we build community. We make records of our experiences.
As we watch BIPOC and LGBTQ and Women's history get scrubbed from internet sites, as white faces become all we can see in our government, as the needs of the many are being shunted to the greed of the few, these books remind us of our power.
We don’t forget, we keep these records, we know the truth.
Keep speaking it.
The Core of James Farmer by Detine L. Bowers (left) and After Reasonable Research by Miranda Maher (right)
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