Browse Exhibits (2 total)

The African American Studies Collection

Shortly after returning to IU in 1965, where he'd graduated 25 years earlier, Librarian Wilmer Baatz began collecting "Afro-American materials" for the Main Library in response to a perceived university need.

This exhibit will show not only what a daunting task that was in the 1960s, but will provide insight into Baatz' methods, his contacts and those who championed his efforts.

Individuals of note are:

Dr. George Juergens of the IU Bloomington History Department
Dr. Joseph J. Russell, Dean for the Office of Afro-American Affairs
Grace Jackson-Brown, subject specialist for African American Studies at Indiana University Libraries

African American Studies Collection, Afro-American Studies Collection, collection development, Dean Joseph J. Russell, Dr. George Juergens, Grace Jackson-Brown, History Dept., Howard University, Howard University "Negro Collection", Office of Afro-American Affairs, Wilmer Baatz

Dr. Herman Hudson and IU in a time of transition

Let it be said, without hyperbole of any kind, that no mere exhibit can do justice to the accomplishments of Dr. Herman Hudson.

That he gained institutional recognition for African-Americans on the IU Bloomington campus during a time of racial turmoil is proof of his historic position in the narrative of Indiana University.

This exhibit attempts to represent those turbulent times and the efforts of Herman Hudson to create an environment that was encouraging to black students and one in which they could fulfill dreams perhaps inconceivable to generations that had gone before them.

Take a walk back in time... a time of afro hairstyles, dashikis, Black Power Salutes and political rhetoric...

Can you dig it? I knew that you could!

Afro-American Institute of Arts, Black Culture Center, Black House, Black Student Union, Chancellor Byrum Carter, Department of Afro-American Studies, Herman Hudson, Learning Resource Center, Mari Evans, Office of Afro-American Affairs, Wilma Miller