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title: “Rising” Awareness
date: 2023-10-25T05:30:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
canonical_url: "https://today.umd.edu/rising-awareness"
section: Articles
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# “Rising” Awareness

*October 25, 2023* — by [Sala Levin ’10](/author/sala-levin-10)


> Libraries Exhibit Looks at Century of Student Activism

*MT otm activism 1920x1080 — Queer Terps kiss in public at an early 1990s kiss-in. The photo is part of a new exhibit at Hornbake Library that showcases protests, demonstrations and movements led by marginalized groups on campus.*

Violent skirmishes during the Vietnam War between police and student protesters may be the University of Maryland’s best-known example of activism, but the history of campus protest is much longer—and more varied—than that.

“Rising Up: 100 Years of Student Activism for Justice and Civil Rights at the University of Maryland,” a [University Libraries](https://www.lib.umd.edu/) exhibit that opens today in the lobby of [Hornbake Library](https://www.lib.umd.edu/visit/libraries/hornbake), highlights protests led by Terps from marginalized communities.


*A type-written letter from 1932 — In 1923, a student asked then-UMD President Albert F. Woods why she wouldn't be readmitted to the women's dormitory.*


*black and white hands holding hands — Interracial students hold hands at a 1987 protest urging divestment from South Africa.*



**Sidebar note:**

UMD Libraries will host an opening reception for “Rising Up” this afternoon from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Hornbake Library. [Registration](https://umd.libcal.com/event/11111184) is encouraged but not required.

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**Sidebar note:**

A version of this story is featured in the Fall 2023 issue of *Terp* magazine. Find all the stories online at [terp.umd.edu](https://terp.umd.edu/).





**Topics:** [Campus & Community](https://today.umd.edu/tags/campus-community)


**Tags:** [Multicultural Community](https://today.umd.edu/topic/multicultural-community)


**Units:** [University Libraries](https://today.umd.edu/topic/university-libraries)