Archives of Social Protest and Social Change

Image adapted from photo by Arash Azizzada Although many archives across the country contain selected materials related to social protest and social change, some institutions have highly specialized collections devoted to documenting the history of protests, riots, uprisings, and social Continue reading Archives of Social Protest and Social Change

Congratulations to Derick Ebert, Baltimore’s first Youth Poet Laureate

Congratulations to UB sophomore Derick Ebert who has been named as Baltimore’s first Youth Poet Laureate.  According to today’s article in the Baltimore Sun, Ebert will perform his work throughout Baltimore (and hopefully here at UB) in the coming year Continue reading Congratulations to Derick Ebert, Baltimore’s first Youth Poet Laureate

New plan calls for Langsdale Library building to be demolished and replaced

Dateline: April Fool’s Day, 2015 In a dramatic turn of events, the plan to renovate Langsdale Library has been scrapped in favor of a plan to demolish the current building and construct a replacement on the existing site. Peter Keating of Continue reading New plan calls for Langsdale Library building to be demolished and replaced