The new exhibit, “Revolution in Retrospect: 50 years of social change in Cuba” is open to the public in the Herzstein Latin American Gallery on the second floor of Zimmerman Library. There will be a public reception on Monday, April 3 at 3 p.m.
Fifty years ago a group of Cuban patriots, in alliance with rural campesinos and urban students, proved that a concerted armed rebellion could defeat a dictator’s army and bring social revolution to Cuba. From that moment on, Cuba played a historic role on the world stage – inspiring many, while frustrating its powerful neighbor with the inseparable combination of dogged independence and evolving socialism.
The exhibit offers a glimpse into the island and its people. Books, posters and other ephemera from Zimmerman Library holdings and student contributions depict key figures and themes from the decades following the revolution.
Contemporary photographs reveal the social reality of everyday life alongside official state messages.
The exhibit is sponsored by the University Libraries’ Division of Iberian & Latin American Resources & Services (DILARES), the Latin American & Iberian Institute and the Gorham Foundation.
For more information, contact mboravi@unm.edu
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627; kwent2@unm.edu
Posted by kwentworth at March 27, 2009 03:13 PM