“Building, Breaking, Rebuilding. The IIT Campus and Chicago’s South Side.” Book Launch

Join the Paul V. Galvin Library, the Office of Community Affairs, Professor of Architecture Michelangelo Sabatino, and contributing authors as we launch the publication of Building, Breaking, Rebuilding. The IIT Campus and Chicago’s South Side (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press; 2024). Lionel Kimble, Amy M. Mooney, and Mindy C. Pugh will present their chapters while Sabatino provides an overview. This event will take place on Thursday, April 25, from 5–7:30 p.m. in the Schulz Auditorium of Michael Paul Galvin Tower with a walking tour of campus and live jazz at The Bog immediately following. Minors will not be served, and an RSVP is required at community@iit.edu.

Speakers

• “The Beginnings of the Armour Institute Campus”

  • Mindy C. Pugh, Ph.D. (University Archivist, Illinois Institute of Technology)

• “A Plan in Defense of Culture” Race, Space, and Cultural Activism, 1930s–1950s

  • Lionel Kimble Jr., Ph.D. (Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies, Chicago State University)

• “A Bronzeville Muse: Archibald Motley’s Portrait of Edna Powell Gayle”

  • Amy M. Mooney, Ph.D. (Professor of Art History, Program Coordinator for Art History Art | Design Department, Columbia College)

Agenda

• 5 p.m.: Reception with exhibition curator Michelangelo Sabatino

• 6 p.m.: Welcome

• 6:05 p.m.: Introductions

• 6:10 p.m.: Overview by Michelangelo Sabatino and Kevin Harrington

• 6:15 p.m.: Presentations by authors

• 7 p.m.: Q&A

• 7:30 p.m.: Walking tour of campus (sunset at 7:45 p.m.)

• 8–11 p.m.: Live jazz/speakeasy set with Ryan Nyther