NEIU Libraries

Photo: NEIU was chosen as the site for the historically significant Commission on the Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) hearings that took place on September 22-23, 1981. These hearings investigated the forcibly internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII. See video of those hearings here -> https://buff.ly/sX8DEgu

Photo: NEIU Homecoming back when we had a football team, 1971 🏈

Photo: Before the Ronald Williams Library was built in 1977, the library was located in what is now the Registration Office 📚️

Welcome back, NEIU!
Photo: Students outside the Beehive, 1980s

Honoring Ronald Williams, NEIU President from 1976–1985, fearless advocate in the Free South Africa Movement, and a champion for justice and education. The NEIU Library proudly bears his name, and October 10 is officially recognized as Ronald Williams Day in the City of Chicago.

acclaimed author and Illinois Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks, a former writer-in-residence at NEIU, appeared at the NEIU Auditorium on February 1, 1993. Click here to read the full story https://buff.ly/kUf3CD5

Photo: Black Heritage Club, 1982

Check out the 1971 members of the Black Caucus, who fought to ensure Black voices were heard and represented on campus.

Photo: Snowy Ronald Williams Library, 1988

Welcome back, NEIU! Hope you enjoyed the break!
Photo: NEIU band members in the snow, 1980