Credits

"FREE THE NEW HAVEN PANTHERS": The New Haven Nine, Yale, and the May Day 1970 Protests That Brought Them Together, was curated Kathryn Schmechel '21 for the Senior Exhibit Project at Yale University Library, 2021. Kathryn was advised by Crystal Feimster, Associate Profressor of African American Studies, History and American Studies, and James Kessenides, Kaplanoff Librarian for American History Department of Area Studies and Humanities Research Support. Planning for this exhibit was managed by Kerri Sancomb, Library Exhibits Program Manager and Sarah Davis, Library Exhibits Technician, and this online exhibit was produced by Megan Czekaj, Library Exhibits Technician.

The Yale University Library Senior Exhibit Project is a student curated exhibition opportunity available to Yale Juniors to learn how to present their research using the unique narrative form of an exhibit. Students awarded with this opportunity are paired with advisors and work with the library's exhibit staff who assist in choosing, describing, sequencing, and arranging objects from the library’s diverse collections. Learn more about the Student-curated Exhibits Program at the Yale University Library and the available opportunities, and explore other student-curated exhibits.