African American History

19th Century

Slavery, Civil War, and the “New Birth of Freedom”

Rachel Rooney with Thomas Holt
May 14, 2012

19th Century, 20th Century

Subversives in the City: Responses to Political Radicalism in Chicago

Hana Layson with David Krugler
May 14, 2012

20th Century

The 1919 Race Riots

Megan Geigner, Ph.D., Northwestern University
May 16, 2019

19th Century

The American Renaissance in Context

Hana Layson with Lawrence Howe
January 23, 2014

19th Century

The Anti-Slavery Movement in Chicago and Illinois

Cristen Chapman, National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution–Chicago Chapter 2015 Newberry Teacher Fellow
December 31, 2015

20th Century

The Golden Age of Chicago Baseball in an Era of Social Turmoil: Sport and Society 1901-19

Robert Bionaz, Chicago State University
April 4, 2018

20th Century

The New Deal in Chicago and the Midwest

Ashley Johnson Bavery, Eastern Michigan University
September 14, 2014

20th Century

The Struggle for Civil Rights in the Urban North

Rachel Bohlmann with Kevin Boyle
January 30, 2014

19th Century

Treason or Loyal Opposition? The Copperheads and Dissent during the Civil War

Rachel Rooney and Margaret Storey
June 25, 2012

20th Century

Women in the Workforce in the United States

Two-page spread entitled "Her Day Begins with a Frantic Race Against the Clock." Photos of Filling at a lunch counter, in a office with a man, walking on the sidewalk, in her bedroom, and reading in the bathroom (clockwise from top right).

Lisa Schoblasky, Newberry Library
October 18, 2019