For 25 years, Radio Tahrir aired interviews with writers, musicians, academics and others—all Arab or Arab American—and became a vital resource for listeners in the New York Region. With archives housed at the Bentley, these interviews can now be heard around the world.
student voices
Sarah Emma Edmonds dressed as a man on the battlefield during the Civil War and risked blowing her cover when she confessed her love for a fellow soldier. This strange tale of unrequited love is documented in archived journals at the Bentley and reveals how one woman’s war-time secret finally came to light.
military history
Following the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, southern states offered African American students scholarships to earn graduate degrees at out-of-state (northern) schools — likely to avoid integrating their own academic institutions. Despite later being deemed illegal, the scholarships still continued.
black history at u-m
