Columbia College Chicago Library

Organizations worldwide worked to end apartheid, the system of government-sponsored racism in Southern and South Africa. Chicago was active in anti-apartheid efforts, passing sanctions against and divesting holdings from South Africa primarily through the efforts of local social justice, religious, and activist groups.

In January 1912, African leaders formed ANC to lead the movement for political, social & economic change. Learn about the international struggle to end discrimination in Africa, culminating in 1994 with the inauguration of ANC candidate Nelson Mandela as the President of South Africa.

John Fischetti, the Pulitzer-prize winning political cartoonist and syndicated cartoonist, is best known for his editorial cartoon work. Come see a very different view of John Fischetti’s work: travel sketches from trips to France, Denmark, and New York City. The exhibit is curated by Thatiana Oliveira, a graduate student in Photography.

Phi Sigma is a public-speaking group established in Chicago in 1878; the oldest, continuously running organization of its kind in Illinois. View covers from its publication the “Voice”. The exhibit is curated by Emily Sperl, an undergraduate student in Photography.

Come view selected political cartoons and illustrations from the Chicago Journalists Association collection, most on display for the first time in nearly thirty years. Chicago Journalists Association is a non-profit organization of experienced print and electronic journalists in the Chicago area that was founded during the Chicago World’s Fair.

View plates arranged & printed by Victor H. and Ernest L. Briggs and published in 1902. The book is held in Special Collections that provides access to unique, rare, and valuable items in support of the educational, and research needs of Columbia College Chicago.

This exhibit includes images of distinctive fasteners from the 19th and 20th centuries, removed during the processing of archival collections. Acquaint yourself with each paper clip’s distinctive shape and discover a bit about the hardworking and largely unheralded fastener!