EXHIBITS
More Than A Game: Activist Athletes Who Took A Stand
On Display August 1 - September 3
Dayton Metro Library
Main Library, opens a new window, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH
African American athletes have always been voices for change. This eight panel pop-up exhibit explores the history of Black Athlete Activism, on and off the court, and in a variety of different sports. Using archival photographs from the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center’s, opens a new window collection, these athletes are awarded for their tireless efforts as they rewrote the rules of sports and American society as a whole. More Than A Game was completed in collaboration with a Public History graduate student at Wright State University.
Ferguson Voices: Disrupting the Frame
On Display through August 30
Dayton Metro Library
Main Library, opens a new window, Opportunity Space @ St. Clair, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH
In 2014, after Michael Brown was shot and killed by police, a 100-day uprising followed in Ferguson, Missouri. Ferguson Voices features interviews and photographs of twelve individuals who responded to Brown’s death, by showing contributions to their community during the protest – acting, teaching, repairing, and advancing the cause of justice.
Ordinary people took risks in the midst of a crisis to expand the public’s understanding of what happened during the Ferguson Uprising. Many images we recall from Ferguson include clouds of teargas, snipers on rooftops, and military tanks rolling through this American suburb. However, the story of Ferguson is more inspiring than what we just saw on the news.
Ferguson Voices seeks to humanize the individuals who witnessed and shaped the uprising and to show visitors that when communities are faced with difficult moments, we all have a role to play.
A companion program hosted by the University of Dayton Human Rights Center, opens a new window will be held in the Opportunity Space @ St. Clair at 6 pm, on Tuesday, August 27. It will involve a panel discussion and provide a space for community members to come together and process the recent killing of 16-year-old Brian Moody by Dayton City Police. This discussion will utilize the exhibit to focus attention on police violence and community response and will re-ignite questions about the use of lethal force, public trust and accountability, and over-policing and radical discrimination.
The announcement of panel guests in attendance will be forthcoming.
**Ferguson Voices was created in 2016, after nine University of Dayton students traveled to Missouri to interview people who were affected by the unrest of 2014, for the Moral Courage Project, which was in collaboration with U.D.’s Human Rights Center, opens a new window and PROOF: Media for Social Justice. The result? Ferguson Voices: Disrupting the Frame.
This is the second time DML has had the honor of hosting Ferguson Voices. The Northwest Branch hosted it in 2017.
Beyond Vision Art
On Display through August 31
Dayton Metro Library
Main Library, 2nd Floor Gallery, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH
Beyond Vision Art features tactile art that is meant to be experienced especially by people with visual impairments. The co-founder of Beyond Vision Art, Molly Brockman, describes the exhibit that she curated to include objects “that can be touched, tasted, smelled, or heard – in any way that you don’t necessarily have to use your eyes to experience.” For more information about Beyond Vision Art or to contact them, visit them on Facebook .
