“Paul Pepper: Joan Stack, State Historical Society of Missouri, ‘The Black Vote'”
KBIA, February 7, 2020
Shannon Cary
New Muse Posts
Welcome to Matthew Sigmon
Welcome to Matthew Sigmon, who started as a library information assistant on Wednesday, Feb. 12. Kevin McFillen will be his supervisor.
Welcome to Jennifer Walker
I’m delighted to share that the successful candidate for the Acquisitions Librarian is Jennifer Walker. She will start on 2/24. Thank you to everyone who participated in the search and/or provided feedback.
–Corrie Hutchinson
Black History Month Events
Black Vote/Liberation: The intersectional themes of black voting and liberation are complex and global for peoples of African descent. Indeed, issues related to the two-party system, proportional representation, Pan-African ideals, competing concepts of “democracy” have challenged any simple notions of what “black voting” signifies in 2020. Therefore, this year’s Black History Month Theme: Black Vote/Liberation celebrates the ongoing struggle for Black Liberation and its changing sociocultural and political patterns and migrations of Africa and throughout the Diaspora.
View all events at https://blackstudies.missouri.edu/feature/mu-black-history-month-2020.
Black History Month Events
Black Vote/Liberation: The intersectional themes of black voting and liberation are complex and global for peoples of African descent. Indeed, issues related to the two-party system, proportional representation, Pan-African ideals, competing concepts of “democracy” have challenged any simple notions of what “black voting” signifies in 2020. Therefore, this year’s Black History Month Theme: Black Vote/Liberation celebrates the ongoing struggle for Black Liberation and its changing sociocultural and political patterns and migrations of Africa and throughout the Diaspora.
View all events at https://blackstudies.missouri.edu/feature/mu-black-history-month-2020.
U. S. Cartoonists Chronicle the History of African American Voting Rights
Now on Display in the Ellis Library Colonnade
This exhibition explores the 2020 national theme of Black History Month, African Americans and the Vote, with a series of twentieth-century American editorial cartoons that address the issue of African American voting right in the United States. Most of the artworks displayed are original drawings from the nationally renowned cartoon collection of the State Historical Society of Missouri. These rarely seen artworks document the long struggle Americans of color have experienced in their attempts to exercise their fundamental rights as citizens.
Black History Month Events
Black Vote/Liberation: The intersectional themes of black voting and liberation are complex and global for peoples of African descent. Indeed, issues related to the two-party system, proportional representation, Pan-African ideals, competing concepts of “democracy” have challenged any simple notions of what “black voting” signifies in 2020. Therefore, this year’s Black History Month Theme: Black Vote/Liberation celebrates the ongoing struggle for Black Liberation and its changing sociocultural and political patterns and migrations of Africa and throughout the Diaspora.
View all events at https://blackstudies.missouri.edu/feature/mu-black-history-month-2020.
University Libraries Fiscal Year 2020 Journal Cancellations
The University Libraries are committed to maintaining a large and diverse collection of journals to support scholarship and teaching at the University of Missouri. The current cost models for journal subscriptions require an average 6% increase per year to maintain current subscriptions. As a result, we must plan to cancel titles each year even when our budget remains flat. To minimize the impact of these cancelations, we focused on journals which received very low usage and/or are accessible through a current journal aggregator such as EBSCO or ProQuest. Interlibrary Loan (ILL) will remain an effective, efficient means of acquiring materials not held by the Libraries. Most articles requested via ILL are received within one to two business days.
For a list of the cancellations and more information, visit Libraries’ Collection Development and Management.
Black History Month Events
Black Vote/Liberation: The intersectional themes of black voting and liberation are complex and global for peoples of African descent. Indeed, issues related to the two-party system, proportional representation, Pan-African ideals, competing concepts of “democracy” have challenged any simple notions of what “black voting” signifies in 2020. Therefore, this year’s Black History Month Theme: Black Vote/Liberation celebrates the ongoing struggle for Black Liberation and its changing sociocultural and political patterns and migrations of Africa and throughout the Diaspora.
View all events at https://blackstudies.missouri.edu/feature/mu-black-history-month-2020.