The 2023 BMI Summer Institute is underway! A cohort of 15 amazing fellows have joined us in Chicago for a series of workshops, discussions, and presentations with our institute facilitators. This mornings facilitator is the inaugural Chicago Poet Laureate, avery r. young!

Learn more about our inaugural cohort of BMI Fellows and institute facilitators by visiting the Institute page on our website! theblackmidwest.com/institute

Today's facilitator for the BMI Institute, Jamala Rogers, is filling the space with so much wisdom— on and off the walls! What’s your favorite quote?

Learn more about the BMI Institute here: theblackmidwest.com/institute

“Your stories are your fire.” - Filmmaker Jeffrey C. Wray, this mornings facilitator, helping our fellows think about and form the stories they want to tell.

Dr. Ashley Howard on Why She is Going to Jacksonville #Florida #ASALH2023 youtu.be/5yem0UfzdZg via ASALH 📺

Ashley Howard on Why She is Going to Jacksonville youtu.be/5yem0UfzdZg via YouTube

Last week, we hosted the inaugural BMI Summer Institute, generously supported by the Humanities Without Walls We can’t wait to share what this amazing cohort of BMI Fellows dreams up over the next year!

Great news! The AAMI was selected for a grant from IMLS! We were selected as one of the recipients of their FY2023 Museum Grants for African American History and Culture awards. #IMLSGrant imls.gov/grants/awarded…

#MarkerMonday Last Friday, a new Historical Marker was dedicated in North Omaha where Vivian Strong, a 14-year-old Black girl was fatally shot by a white police officer on June 24, 1969. Following her murder, riots in the North Omaha community continued for several days. (1/2)

Pls stop asking if Black people live in Nebraska. We out here 😎

I will be on "Talk of Iowa" at 10am tomorrow, Wed., Sept. 6 with @CharityNebbe of Iowa Public Radio Iowa PBS to talk about the family of Azizi Igram (pictured below) and the long history of Arab Muslims in the state: iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk-o…

I am so very grateful to the The Human Trafficking Legal Center for this award. But I have to note that the work we have done SHU HKC LawCrim is the product of a large team, which has included Yalkun Uluyol, Nyrola, NomoGaia, Material Research, L3C, David Tobin, and so many other who cannot be named.

Check out Ashley Howard's #LiteraryLandscapes essay on #MalcolmX, nominated for Best of the Net '24! newterritorymag.com/literary-lands…

Congratulations to Dr. Murillo for being nominated by colleagues in History and GWSS for her work on the history of abortion and reproductive justice! Recently, she was awarded the 2023 Early Career Scholar of the Year by the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR).

The DARE Snitches: The program was about education. But it was also about surveillance, by Max Felter-Kantor Max Felker-Kantor, author of the forthcoming DARE to Say No: Policing and the War on Drugs in Schools (on sale 4/2/24; preorder now available) slate.com/human-interest… via @slate

We don't have to argue anymore! (But, we probably will) Our managing editor Holly Edgell brings us this story about the MiddleWestReview Emerson College poll #Midwest Ope — didn't count you! New study asks who exactly lives in the 'Midwest' kcur.org/news/2023-10-1…

MiddleWestReview Again, be sure to check out the commentary on the #Midwest poll findings from MHA members Ashley Howard and Jon Lauck, courtesy of KCUR. kcur.org/news/2023-10-1…

We hear you've seen maps of the #Midwest recently... ...did you know there's a whole association of historians studying the region? Learn more about MHA, join our 2024 conference, and meet our wide range of experts on Midwestern history! The Midwest Newsroom midwesternhistory.com