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Guide To The Milton Rogovin Mini Exhibit Photograph Collection, Columbia College Chicago

Collection Guides / Finding Aids

This guide describes the organization and scope of the Milton Rogovin collection of two of his mini-exhibits, housed within the College Archives & Special Collections at Columbia College Chicago. Milton Rogovin (1909-2011) was a photographer who created projects 'that communicated a just and equal society."

Ruin Porn And Urban Representation In Photography: The Aesthetic And Politics Of Appropriation In "The Ruins Of Detroit", Elyse Remenapp

Cultural Studies Capstone Papers

This project examines the politics of representation in The Ruins of Detroit, a book of photography by Yves Marchand and Romaine Meffre in order to understand Detroit as a privileged site of ruins photography, critically referred to as ruin porn. Examining the book as a representation of Detroit's decay reveals an implicit power dynamic which neglects Detroit's complex history and the lived experience of its residents. Paying particular attention to the dialectic of race and labor under capitalism, this project traces the urban history of Detroit in order to contextualize and reframe the state of ruin presented in the …

Interview With Michael Elliott, Brian Gibson

Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement

Length: 56 minutes

Oral history interview of Mike Siviwe Elliott by Brian Gibson.

Mr. Elliott begins by recounting his childhood in Detroit, raised in a working-class union neighborhood on the west side of the city. He talks about his early challenges in school, attending an alternative school where he received his GED, then attending Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan where he studied political science for three years. He explains how he first became involved in activism, working for the Black Panthers when he was young and serving as chair of the Association of Black Students in college. He recalls how …

African Agenda, September & October 1976, African American Solidarity Committee

African Agenda

The Vol 5, No 5 issue of the African Agenda newsletter was published by the African American Solidarity Committee. Articles: Super K Rides Again, People's War in Zimbabwe, Afro-American and Southern Africa, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists Position on Southern Africa. 8 pages.

African Agenda, August & September 1974, African American Solidarity Committee

African Agenda

The Vol 3, No 5 issue of the African Agenda newsletter was published by the African American Solidarity Committee. Articles: Puerto Rico Is Our Fight Too, Puerto Rican Solidarity Day, Historical Outline Of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico: Special Colony of the U.S., The Time For Liberation: interview with Juan Mari Bras, Puerto Rican Labor In The U.S., U.S. Colonialism Exposed at the U.N. 8 pages.

African Agenda, September 1973, African American Solidarity Committee

African Agenda

The Vol 2, No 9 issue of the African Agenda newsletter was published by the African American Solidarity Committee. Articles: Afro-Americans in Anti-Imperialist Solidarity with Africa, Growing Role of Workers in African Liberation Movements, Letter of Protest to Kurt Waldheim, Secretary General, United Nations, Which African Liberation Movements? Update of the National Conference Developments, Recommended Reading for the Conference. 4 pages.

African Agenda, July & August 1973, African American Solidarity Committee

African Agenda

The Vol 2, No 7 & 8 issue of the African Agenda newsletter was published by the African American Solidarity Committee. Articles: Special Issue Devoted To Black America, Solidarity!, Racism In The U.S. Historical Views 1776-1910, Triple Threat Against Black Workers, New Stage in the Afro-American Liberation Movement, News Briefs, I Have Seen by Antar Sudan Katara Mberi, National Anti-Imperialist Conference in Solidarity WIth African Liberation, Oppression Against Black Women, Recommended Books. 8 pages.

The Voice Of The Phi Sigma -- 1887 -- Vol. 09, No. 02, Phi Sigma

The Voice of the Phi Sigma

This item is part of the Phi Sigma collection at the College Archives & Special Collections department of Columbia College Chicago. Contact archives@colum.edu for more information and to view the collection.