Join us for the opening of an exhibit of archival material - publications, photographs, and other ephemera - documenting reactions to the Vietnam War that occurred at and around The Cooper Union. The exhibition provides historical context for different modes of student engagement, on campuses and beyond, in times of complex political conflict in the U.S. and globally. Featured speaker Will Bunch, author of After the Ivory Tower Falls: How College Broke the American Dream and Blew Up Our Politics, and How to Fix It, will discuss how these archival materials fit into the broader national context of college and politics in the 1960s and 1970s.
When: Wednesday, February 21, 1-2pm
Where: Cooper Union Library Atrium
Lunch will be served. Please register at https://cooper.libcal.com/event/11977407
Will Bunch is the national opinion columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer and the author of 2022's After the Ivory Tower Falls: How College Broke the American Dream and Blew Up Our Politics, and How to Fix It, which was featured on NPR's Fresh Air, MSNBC's Morning Joe, and in The New York Times Book Review. He's also written e-books and books about the legacy of Ronald Reagan, the rise of the Tea Party movement, and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, among other topics. He has won numerous journalism awards and was a key member of the reporting team that won a Pulitzer Prize at New York Newsday in 1992 for coverage of a fatal subway crash in Union Square.
This exhibit is co-curated by the Cooper Union Archives & Special Collections and the Office of the Vice-President of Academic Affairs
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