{"id":58344,"global_id":"krieger.jhu.edu\/humanities-institute?id=58344","global_id_lineage":["krieger.jhu.edu\/humanities-institute?id=58344","history.jhu.edu?id=5918"],"author":"64","status":"publish","date":"2024-02-27 14:49:25","date_utc":"2024-02-27 19:49:25","modified":"2024-04-09 16:20:22","modified_utc":"2024-04-09 20:20:22","url":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/humanities-institute\/event\/revolution-in-our-lifetimeexhibit-opening-and-panel-discussion\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/humanities-institute\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/58344","title":"\u201cRevolution in Our Lifetime\u201dExhibit Opening and Panel Discussion","description":"<div class=\"tribe-events-schedule tribe-clearfix\">\n<h2 class=\"tribe-events-schedule__datetime\">\n\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__date tribe-events-schedule__date--start\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--date\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t @ \t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--start\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cRevolution in Our Lifetime\u201d: The Black Panther Party and Political Organizing in Baltimore, 1968\u20131974<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong>explores the founding, programs, and everyday activities of the Black Panther Party\u2019s Baltimore chapter, as well as the party\u2019s ideological foundations and state repression it experienced. The exhibit further examines the party\u2019s links to other political organizations in the city within the broader context of political organizing in the period. The exhibit features rare artifacts, documents, and photographs, as well as copies of the party\u2019s newspaper.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The exhibit examines the persistent racial segregation and bigotry that shaped the city and animated Black political organizing. Visitors will learn about the power of grassroots organizing against racism, as well as how regular people made demands for revolution in Baltimore. The Baltimore chapter\u2019s history also illustrates how police mobilized copious resources to undermine and destroy the Black Panther Party.<strong><em>\u201cRevolution in Our Lifetime\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong>also addresses legacies and provides contemporary lessons from this era of political ferment in Baltimore.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Visitors can expect four main sections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe Seeds of the Revolution: Children and Childhood in the Baltimore Chapter of the Black Panther Party\u201d by Kai Clemons<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBreaking Down the Ivory Tower: Dr. Rev. Chester L. Wickwire and Anti-Racist Activism\u201d by Gerardo Fontes<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNot Just Attica: Prison and Jail Uprisings in Maryland in the Late 1960s and Early 1970s\u201d by Emma Petite<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDare to Struggle, Dare to Win: The Baltimore Chapter of the Black Panther Party\u2019s Application of Maoism\u201d by Kristian Whitehead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cRevolution in Our Lifetime\u201d: The Black Panther Party and Political Organizing in Baltimore, 1968\u20131974<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;is curated by a team of students from Johns Hopkins University and Morgan State University, with guidance from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.jhu.edu\/staff\/heather-furnas\/\">Dr. Heather Furnas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/history.jhu.edu\/directory\/victoria-harms\/\">Dr. Victoria Harms<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/africana\/directory\/stuart-schrader\/\">Dr.&nbsp;Stuart&nbsp;Schrader<\/a> (Johns Hopkins University).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2024\/02\/RS14926_pp177-111-1-1024x822.jpg\" alt=\"Silhouette of a member of the Black Panther Party, likely W. Paul Coates, with a posters of a black panther and Angela Davis in the background, in the Baltimore chapter's headquarters, 1971.\" class=\"wp-image-2767\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Silhouette of a member of the Black Panther Party, likely W. Paul Coates, with a posters of a black panther and Angela Davis in the background, in the Baltimore chapter\u2019s headquarters, 1971.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of the Maryland Center for History and Culture, PP177.111.1. Gift of Wilmina Sydnor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Team members:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kai Clemons<\/strong> is a master\u2019s student at Morgan State University studying African American Studies, focusing on Black identity among Black youth.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gerardo Fontes<\/strong> is a Junior majoring in Political Science, International Studies, and History at Johns Hopkins University.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emma Petite<\/strong> recently graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a double major in Political Science and International Studies with a concentration in racial politics.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kristian Whitehead<\/strong> is a Junior majoring in History at Morgan State University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The exhibit is supported by Inheritance Baltimore: Humanities and Arts Education for Black Liberation; the Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism; and the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University. It draws on the holdings of the Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, University of Baltimore Special Collections and Archives, University of Maryland Baltimore County Special Collections, Goucher College Special Collections &amp; Archives, the Maryland Center for History and Culture, the Freedom Archives, and others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The exhibit will be on display from April 12 through May 26, 2024.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tribe-block tribe-block__venue tribe-clearfix tribe-block__venue--has-map\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tribe-block tribe-block__events-link\">\n<div class=\"tribe-events tribe-common\">\n<div class=\"tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown__container\">\n<div class=\"tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown\">\n<div class=\"tribe-common-c-btn-border tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown__button\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown__button-text\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"tribe-events-subscribe-dropdown-content\" aria-label=\"\"><br 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