March 22nd, 2023
Moline
EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to unforeseen circumstances, it is necessary to postpone the Distinguished Faculty Lecture scheduled for March 22 at 7 p.m. in the COFAC Recital Hall. As soon as a new date/has been determined, the campus community will be notified. MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – The Western Illinois University 2023 Distinguished University Professor Peter Cole will […]
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November 14th, 2021
Arts & Entertainment News
Western Illinois University History Professor Peter Cole recently launched a second edition of his book, “Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly,” an expanded and revised version of the first edition. The second edition has drawn readers’ attention far more than the first because more Americans are focused on fighting racism, compared […]
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April 11th, 2021
Arts & Entertainment News
A public art project, co-founded by Western Illinois University History Professor Peter Cole to commemorate the deaths caused by the 1919 Chicago Race Riot, has entered into an exciting partnership with two National Basketball Association (NBA) teams to bring programming into Chicago and Tulsa, OK classrooms. Cole and Franklin Cosey-Gay, executive director of the Chicago […]
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January 25th, 2021
Arts & Entertainment News
As part of the 2021 celebration of Black History Month at Western Illinois University, University of Missouri-Columbia Associate Professor Keona Ervin will deliver the keynote address, “Reimagining Liberation: Black Feminism from the Combahee River Collective to the Movement for Black Lives,” virtually from 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2. The address will provide an overview of […]
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December 19th, 2020
Arts & Entertainment News
An effort to create a public art project, co-founded by a Western Illinois University history professor to commemorate the lives lost during the 1919 Chicago Race Riot, has received a grant from Illinois Humanities to further the project and related events. WIU Professor Peter Cole and Franklin Cosey-Gay, executive director of the Chicago Center for […]
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