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@Cory_Haala @hopebibens Thank you for @Cory_Haala for organizing such an important panel about the archival lifeblood that makes out research possible

@Cory_Haala @hopebibens Latinx History. Covering the variety of Latinx stories from Kansas to Detroit as well as Welfare Rights groups in Milwaukee.

@Cory_Haala @hopebibens Black Freedom in Illinois from Statehood to 1908. Covers topics of abolition and freedom seekers in Illinois as well as the Black community around the Springfield Massacre.

Archives in the Midwest: Political History and Collections, a State of the Field. Be sure to thank your archivist and tap into the resources they can help you find. @Cory_Haala @hopebibens.

#MHA2025 Session 2. Topics include: Latino History; Archives in the Midwest; Black Freedom in Illinois; Art and Midwestern Intellectual Life; and Progressive Era

A History of Lynching in the Midwest: Three Approaches. Important discussions on the reverberations of lynchings on Black communities across the Midwest including states like Illinois, and how we should view the lynching of Joseph Smith in the broader Midwestern legal context.

Shifting Boundaries of Science, Nature, and Race in the Midwest. Panelists diving deep in the Networks of race science in 19th century Midwest, and ecological preservation’s tense showdown with global capitalism.

Transportation and Industrial Transformations in the Midwest. Conversations about trains, canals, and how Cleveland residents balanced progress in public spaces.

Histories of Injustice, Activism, and Education in the 20th Century Midwest. A panel that spans the gamut of Chinese, Black, Mexican, and Indigenous activism and the struggles against injustice in the Midwest.

Race, Early Migration, and Settlement Panel. A series of presentations that touch on the myriad of black and indigenous stories that enrich our understandings of settlement in the Midwest.

Day two of #MHA2025 and first up for session one are panels on Race, Early Migration, and settlement; Histories of Injustice; Shifting Boundaries of Science, Nature, and Race; and Transportation and Industrial Transformation.