Raising Our Voices: A Legacy of Student Protest
Channel: University of Iowa Libraries
Date: 2022-03-25

Community and Student Life Archivist Aiden Bettine talks about the long legacy of student protest on the University of Iowa campus. While the 1960s and 1970s are remembered for protests against the Vietnam War and other injustices, campus was not quiet from the 1980s onward. Students have always advocated for change.

One section of the Spring 2022 Main Library Gallery exhibition, 'We Are Hawkeyes: Celebrating 175 Years of Student Life at the University of Iowa,' explores student-led protest through photographs, flyers, petitions, and other artifacts. The earliest protest item in the exhibit is from 1910, while the most recent images are from 2021.

Learn more about the Main Library Gallery, University of Iowa Libraries: lib.uiowa.edu/gallery

Learn more about the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections & Archives: lib.uiowa.edu/sc

More about the exhibition:
'We Are Hawkeyes' celebrates students at the University of Iowa, recognizing student life as the very core of the university. It offers a sampling of historical documents and objects from student life over the decades found in the University Archives and the Iowa Women’s Archives at the University of Iowa Libraries. Curated by David McCartney, Aiden Bettine, and Denise Anderson. A virtual tour of the exhibit is available on the Main Library Gallery website.

Video filmed and edited by Sara J. Pinkham.