W.E.B DuBois was a scholar, writer, editor of The Crisis and other journals, co-founder of the Niagara Movement, the NAACP, and the Pan African Congresses, international spokesperson for peace and for the rights of oppressed minorities. The Du Bois Papers Collection (Speeches) on SiRO is a part of the W.E.B Dubois Papers collection from the […]
The Densho collection features objects relating to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during the WW II. The collection includes testimony of Japanese Americans who were incarcerated, in the form of first hand video accounts, images, documents and news articles. “Densho,” is a Japanese word that means ‘to pass on to the next generation.’ Densho is […]
SiRO is excited to present the collection on the American Indian Movement that includes audio interviews and hearings, documents, photographs and ephemera from the 1970s-2000s. The American Indian Movement began in 1968 in Minnesota and sought self-determination by Native Americans and reclamation of their lands. AIM leaders included Native American community activists led by George […]
The Ted Sahl Collection is a selection of 1091 photographs from the original digital collection housed in San Jose State University Special Collections and Archives . Ted Sahl is an award winning photojournalist from San Jose who has documented social and political events in the Bay area since 1970s*. He is known for his engagement […]
SiRO just added a new collection- Radical America, 1967-1999, a political magazine by Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) founded in 1967. The content of the magazine spanned across themes of working -class radicalism, feminism, racism, marxism etc. The magazine initially served as an unofficial journal of the SDS and was edited by historians Paul […]
We are excited to bring to you The Empty Closet Collection, the oldest LGBTQ+ newspaper in New York State and one of the oldest, regularly published newspapers in the United States! Empty Closet features stories of coming out, articles about issues surrounding LGBTQ+ community and local, state, national and international news. The collection comprises of […]
Exhibition at MSU Museum, May 30th- Nov. 30th 2019, Ground Floor Gallery This exhibition featuring Arpilleras (fabric stitched by hand on burlap) highlights Chile’s history of repression and democracy. The Arpilleras have been assembled by Dr. Agosin who has worked with women arpillera artists for many years, promoting their work and documenting their stories. The […]
Monday, September 16th, 7:00-8:30 PM, Club Spartan, Case Hall The second teach-in panel discussion on Building Community, Resisting Hate, will discuss ways to resist threats posed by white nationalist groups on our communities.
In honor of November being American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month, this week’s post will be focusing on the history of the American Indian Movement (AIM). Although activism in the American Indian community had been occurring before the establishment of AIM, the movement gained significant attention and was instrumental in using the news media to […]
The Chicano Movement of the 1960s, also known as El Movimento or the Chicano civil rights movement, extended the Mexican American movement with the goal of achieving Mexican American empowerment. Originally a deragatory term for referring to children with Mexican migrant parents, the term was embraced as a symbol of self-determination and pride. Famous figures like Dolores […]
