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title: ‘Rising’ Awareness
date: 2023-09-14T09:29:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
canonical_url: "https://terp.umd.edu/rising-awareness"
section: Articles
---
# ‘Rising’ Awareness

*September 14, 2023* — by [Sala Levin ’10](/authors/sala-levin-10)


- *Photo courtesy of Diamondback Photo Collection, University Archives*

> Libraries Exhibit Looks at Century of Student Activism

*two couples embrace and kiss*

Violent skirmishes during the Vietnam War between police and student protesters may be UMD’s best-known example of activism, but its campus protests have more than a one-chapter history.

“Rising Up: 100 Years of Student Activism at the University of Maryland,” a University Libraries exhibit that opened in August, highlights protests led by Terps from marginalized communities. Lae’l Hughes-Watkins, associate director for engagement, inclusion and reparative archiving, led a team of curators in assembling photos, T-shirts and sweatshirts, posters, fliers, correspondence and oral histories from actions related to undocumented students, sexism, the rights of Indigenous students and other issues.


*closeup of holding hands — Photo courtesy of University Archives*




**Issue:** [Fall 2023](https://terp.umd.edu/editions/fall-2023)


**Types:** [Campus Life](https://terp.umd.edu/category/campus-life)