The "South Africa and Oberlin" story in the Sanctuary Project exhibit
at the Cleveland Public Library-Langston Hughes Branch
The second phase of the Oberlin Sanctuary Project, supported by The Council of Independent Colleges' (CIC) "Humanities Research for the Public Good" program, is nearing completion. The interactive web publication is now available from the Archives home page. A traveling exhibit is currently at the Cleveland Public Library-Langston Hughes Branch, with more locations to follow.
The Project features seven stories from Oberlin's history and into the present, covering anti-slavery and the Underground Railroad, Japanese American internment, civil rights, the Kent State University shootings, apartheid, and the Overground Railroad.
The partners in the project are Alexia Hudson-Ward, Director of the Oberlin College Libraries; Ken Grossi, College Archivist; Meredith Gadsby, Associate Professor of African Studies and Comparative American Studies; Gina Perez, Professor of Comparative American Studies; Liz Schultz, Executive Director, The Oberlin Heritage Center; and Caitlin Merikallio '20, Student Researcher/Assistant.