News News Heading link Copy link Research/Editorial Assistant position available with Black Studies Department! Wednesday, March 27, 2024 Are you interested in economic, racial and social justice movements? Do you have research experience and excellent communication skills? If so, apply for this Research Assistant position with the Black Studies Department! Position… We are HIRING: Join the SJI Team! Monday, March 25, 2024 The Associate Director of External Affairs and Communications initiates, sustains, manages, and oversees the unit’s external community relations, website, social media and publicity campaigns. Oversees unit’s overall programming involving project development, oversight, and… UPDATED Gallery Hours for 2024: Climates of Inequality Tuesday, February 6, 2024 The Chicago Justice Gallery is currently featuring an exhibition highlighting stories of environmental justice, collective resistance, and community solutions to create a more just future. From February 7th through May 24th, 2024 CGJ… News Heading link Copy link SJI Director becomes university’s first MacArthur chair Saturday, August 1, 2020 University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Professor Barbara Ransby has been named a John D. MacArthur Endowed Chair, University of Illinois System President Tim Killeen announced Thursday. Ransby is a professor of History,… Class Struggle in the 21st century Tuesday, July 7, 2020 [Originally Published on the Nation] By Barbara Ransby We are seeing one of the largest uprisings in US history, and Black leftist organizers and Black working-class people are leading it. The video of… ANNOUNCEMENT: The Inaugural Exhibition at the Chicago Justice Gallery Thursday, September 10, 2020 Media Contact: Essence McDowell, Associate Director, essence1@uic.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Belonging: Power, Place, and (Im)Possibilities: The inaugural exhibition at the Chicago Justice Gallery presented by the Social Justice Initiative featuring the work of… SJI Director elected to Society of American Historians Saturday, June 13, 2020 SJI director, historian and author Dr. Barbara Ransby, is one of 20 scholars welcomed as newly elected fellows of the Society of American Historians. Video: Barbara Ransby on the Biden Problem and Social Movements Tuesday, July 7, 2020 Amid a mass uprising against racism and state violence, social movements are not just fighting hostility and backlash from President Trump, but also dealing with a “Biden problem,” according to historian, author and… Barbara Ransby writes “How Biden Can Support Black America” in the Nation Monday, January 4, 2021 On November 7, in his first speech as president-elect, Joe Biden promised Black America that he would have our backs. But which Black America is he pledging to support? Having our backs does…