Still I Rise

Our First Exhibition

Still I Rise: The Black IE Fight For Justice

Exhibition end date: December 15, 2023

Still I Rise

Still I Rise Tyisha Miller

About

Still I Rise:
The Black IE Fight For Justice

Years of History

Exhibition Sections

Storymaps

The Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California has launched its ongoing program of exhibitions with Still I Rise, which examines the lived experience of Black residents of the Inland Empire from the Great Migration to the present. Themes of Black self-reliance, home, work, education, policing, and intersectionalism bear witness to the adversity and discrimination faced by the Black community and the strategies they used to thrive in the face of adversity. A highlight of the exhibition is the debut of three interactive story maps that use sound and video to help visitors learn about the development and growth of Black communities in the region and local civil rights leaders who have advocated for equity in housing, education, jobs, leisure and politics.                                                                                            

 Still I Rise and the story maps were developed in partnership with the Riverside African American Historical Society.  The story maps were also a project of Black Voice News.

First Anniversary & Closing Celebration
for Still I Rise: The Black IE Fight for Justice

Video Gallery

STILL I RISE: The Black IE Fight For Justice

Photo Gallery

PHOTOS BY MICHAEL J. ELDERMAN

Exhibition

Acknowledgments

INDIVIDUALS

Alexander Mattison

Andrew and Diane Roth

Benoit Malphettes

Cosme Cordova

Dawn Hassett

Dell Roberts

Douglas McCulloh

Jared Latimer

Larry Gonzalez

Lonnie G. Bunch III, Ph.D

Michael J. Elderman

Nora Williams

Rev. Bernell Butler

Rose Mayes

Sergio Diaz

Stephen Michael Day

Susan Strickland

Wilmer Amina Carter

Zach Cordner

ORGANIZATIONS

A.K. Smiley Public Library

Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Black Voice News Story Maps Team: Stephanie Williams; Jennifer Tilton, PhD; Catherine Gudis, PhD; Candice Mays; and Alex Reed

Black Voice News Story Maps Team: Stephanie Williams; Jennifer Tilton, PhD; Catherine Gudis, PhD; Candice Mays; and Alex Reed

Bridges That Carried Us Over Project: Documenting Black History in the IE, California State University, San Bernardino

California African American Museum

Calisphere

Inlandia Institute

Riverside African American Historical Society

Los Angeles Public Library

Riverside City College Art Gallery

San Bernardino County Museum

This exhibition is also made possible with support from:

Curators

H. Vincent Moses, PhD

Catherine E. Whitmore