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Feb 27, 2025

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A panel discussion at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, hosted in collaboration with the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, commemorated the 60th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X and celebrated his friendship with activist Yuri Kochiyama.

Nov 15, 2022

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A video from the Columbia Daily Spectator features conversations with the founders of the Student Homophile League, the first gay student organization in the United States, and showcases materials from the University Archives.

Apr 1, 2022

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The Lehman Center for American History hosted author Dr. Elizabeth Hinton for a conversation on police violence and Black rebellion since the 1960s with Professor Jelani Cobb of the Columbia School of Journalism.

Sep 27, 2021

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The Libraries and the Lehman Center for American History co-host a conversation with W. Caleb McDaniel of Rice University, author of "Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America."

Jul 22, 2021

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Librarian for Jewish Studies Michelle Chesner co-directs "Footprints: Jewish Books through Time and Space," an inter-institutional project that tracks the movement of Jewish texts and ideas from place to place and across time.

Feb 3, 2021

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A December event sponsored by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library celebrated Hubert Harrison, the once-forgotten figure known as the Father of Harlem Radicalism.

Feb 9, 2020

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Librarian for Jewish Studies Michelle Chesner joins a panel of leading scholars at the Jewish Theological Seminary to explore the remarkable story of Jews and books.

Jul 9, 2019

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MAD Magazine ceases production, but the work of iconic MAD cartoonist Al Jaffee lives on in the Libraries' archives, which hold the illustrator's personal papers.

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A Revolutionary Friendship: Malcolm X and Yuri Kochiyama

Columbia Student Homophile League: The Nation’s First Gay Student Organization

America On Fire: A Conversation on Police Violence & Black Rebellion Since the 1960s [VIDEO]

Sweet Taste of Liberty

Footprints | Jewish Books Through Time and Place

Hubert Harrison: A Harlem Radical's Struggle for Equality

From Scroll to Screen: Revolutions in Jewish Book History

MAD Magazine Ceases Production, but the Al Jaffee Archives Live On

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A Revolutionary Friendship: Malcolm X and Yuri Kochiyama

Columbia Student Homophile League: The Nation’s First Gay Student Organization

America On Fire: A Conversation on Police Violence & Black Rebellion Since the 1960s [VIDEO]

Sweet Taste of Liberty

Footprints | Jewish Books Through Time and Place

Hubert Harrison: A Harlem Radical's Struggle for Equality

From Scroll to Screen: Revolutions in Jewish Book History

MAD Magazine Ceases Production, but the Al Jaffee Archives Live On

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