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Exhibit | From Gospel Hymns to “Mississippi Goddam”: the Evolving Soundtrack of the Civil Rights Era and Beyond

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Music was a sonic weapon used by Civil Rights organizations against violence and oppression. Songs were used to inspire, unite and comfort participants at meetings, sit-ins, marches and in jail cells. Trace the journey for equality and the music it inspired, and discover iconic pieces that have become staples of protest movements around the world. … Exhibit | From Gospel Hymns to “Mississippi Goddam”: the Evolving Soundtrack of the Civil Rights Era and Beyond

Exhibit | Painting with Plaster: 3D Printing at the Brown University Library

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Since 2016, the library has been printing 3D objects for students, faculty, and staff using a ProJet 660 Pro 3D printer, which creates colored objects out of gypsum powder. This exhibit showcases some of the varied work created over the last two years using the printer and the artwork of Zak Ziebell ‘19, currently studying painting … Exhibit | Painting with Plaster: 3D Printing at the Brown University Library

Exhibit | Selections from the Thomas H. Simon Circus Collection

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Currently on View:  Selections from the Thomas H. Simon Circus Collection The Thomas H. Simon Circus Collection contains more than 200 items, primarily about the American circus arts, including first-edition books, pennants, programs, stamps, drawings and promotional materials dating from the nineteenth through twenty-first centuries. Simon graduated with a degree in philosophy from Brown University in … Exhibit | Selections from the Thomas H. Simon Circus Collection

Exhibit | Discover.ed/Explor.ed/Inspir.ed: The artists’ books of Angela Lorenz ‘87

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View two exhibitions of work by book artist and Brown alumna Angela Lorenz. Often witty and playful, Lorenz’s work is deceptively complex, influenced by her travels and informed by research in libraries and archives. The Hay second-floor landing features a selection of Lorenz’s artists’ books exploring historical figures. A display in the Bopp Room showcases … Exhibit | Discover.ed/Explor.ed/Inspir.ed: The artists’ books of Angela Lorenz ‘87

Exhibit | Black Panther Comics

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“T’Challa is the Black Panther – a righteous king, noble Avenger, and fearsome warrior. Under his leadership, the African nation of Wakanda has flourished as one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world. And though he’s a card-carrying member of the Avengers, his first loyalty lies with his people, and he will defend … Exhibit | Black Panther Comics

Exhibit | Haggadah: Telling and Retelling the Story of Jewish Liberation 

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Selections from the Dr. Steven Ungerleider Collection of Haggadot The Dr. Steven Ungerleider Collection of Haggadot, presenting the text recited on the first two nights of the Jewish Passover, represents a remarkable array of geographic, linguistic, and temporal diversity. Encompassing more than four hundred years of Jewish culture, from the Ottoman Empire in 1505 to … Exhibit | Haggadah: Telling and Retelling the Story of Jewish Liberation 

Exhibit | Greek Life – A Brief History of Phi Beta Kappa at Brown

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Greek Life – A Brief History of Phi Beta Kappa at Brown Selected Items On View From the Brown University Archives For over 200 years Phi Beta Kappa has celebrated academic achievement and advocated for freedom of thought.  It is the oldest and most prestigious academic honors society in the United States. The Rhode Island Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was founded at Brown University in 1830. Brown students elected … Exhibit | Greek Life – A Brief History of Phi Beta Kappa at Brown

Exhibit | Lincoln Recordó en America Latina

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LINCOLN RECORDÓ EN AMERICA LATINA Selected Items on View at the John Hay Library: “Canción a Abraham Lincoln” Lady’s Fan, c. 1865 Havana, Cuba Brown University Library, Special Collections Latin Americans observed, mourned and commemorated Abraham Lincoln’s life and legacy in a number of ways. Argentinians named a city in Buenos Aires Province for him. Statues … Exhibit | Lincoln Recordó en America Latina