Selma, Lahore, Warsaw, Santiago … “Records of Resistance: Documenting Global Activism 1933 to 2021,” Princeton University Library’s latest exhibition captures continuity and change in practices of protest and activism in diverse geographic contexts and around issues that may be particular to an area or of universal concern. The exhibition includes images that range from sacred Passover Haggadot that embody Jews’ spiritual resistance to their oppressors during and immediately after the Holocaust, to dramatic photographs of marchers on Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965, to vibrant posters and pamphlets created by protesters taking to the streets of Santiago, Chile and Lahore, Pakistan only a few years ago.
The exhibition depicts resistance through familiar and trusted tools and technologies – posters, pamphlets, and flyers. Visitors will also encounter new ways of disseminating dissent as activists harness the power of the internet and social media to make their voices heard. “Records of Resistance” considers how issues of perennial concern including indigenous, gender, and LGBTQIA+ rights, social inequality, antisemitism, and systemic racism manifest in resistance over time and across the globe.
This exhibition calls attention to the extraordinary material available on Digital Princeton University Library. The site has been created for the presentation and curation of digital images of Princeton University Library’s collections, and is accessible to everyone around the world.
12pm - 6pm
Open to the public
GUIDED TOURS (meet in the lobby)
Tuesdays (Sep 13, Oct 11, Nov 22, Dec 6) 12:30pm - 1pm
Saturdays (Sep 10, Oct 1, Nov 5) 1pm - 1:45pm
Sundays (Sep 11, Oct 2, Nov 6, Dec 4) 1pm - 1:45pm
Ellen & Leonard Milberg Gallery
Firestone Library
Princeton University Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ
40.342932024198, -74.65509005
Records of Resistance exhibition documents activism from around the world
