Understanding Inequality: Redlining is only part of the story
New UIS Sangamon Experience exhibit tells the history of underrepresented people in central Illinois
“The Struggle for Change,” a new exhibit by the University of Illinois Springfield’s Sangamon Experience, will tell the history of underrepresented people in central Illinois when it opens on Jan. 12 on the lower level of the UIS Public Affairs Center. The exhibition will run through Sept. 6.
Screening of, The Life and Work of Vachel Lindsay
Untold African American Stories
Memories of State Government: Springfield’s Doc Helm and his Photo Collection 1941 – 1992
UIS’ Sangamon Experience and Diversity Center to host two in-person Black History Month events
Sangamon Experience and the Diversity Center at the University of Illinois Springfield will host two Black History Month events that are free and open to the public.
Upcoming events include:
UIS’ Sangamon Experience to host presentation of “Dennis Williams: Prominent 19th Century African American Artist in Springfield, Illinois”
Dennis Williams: Prominent 19th Century African American Artist in Springfield, Illinois
UIS public history graduate creates “Susan Lawrence Dana: A Woman of Progress” exhibit at the Sangamon Experience
Sangamon Experience at the University of Illinois Springfield presents a new exhibit, “Susan Lawrence Dana: A Woman of Progress,” opening Aug. 1, 2022, on the lower level of the Public Affairs Center at UIS. The exhibit was created by recent UIS public history graduate Katie Brethorst-Stockwell.