Shorefront Legacy Center has created these digital exhibits to tell the histories of Black communities on the North Shore:

Care Work: Black Women's Labor in Early Evanston (1855-1960)

Care Work tells the stories of Black women who performed care work-worked in mostly white families' home taking care of their children and households. Shorefront interns, Alex Keith and Rebecca Rwakabukoza curated the exhibit to amplify often forgotten narratives of Black women's labor.

Mapping Black Social and Civic Life in Evanston

Shorefront intern, John Branch, curated this exhibit to map the various Black club present in Evanston. In doing so, the exhibit explores the complicated legacies of integration while identifying important locations within Black Evanston.

More Than Just a Hospital: Community Hospital and Health Inequality in Evanston, Illinois

"More Than Just a Hospital" tells the story of the former 5th ward hospital. Shorefront intern George Krupkin curated the exhibit to help preserve this important piece of Evanston's history and amplify the narratives that have long been acknowledged and shared by many Black Evanstonians.

What We Leave Behind: Bernice Rogers Holmes’ Legacies on Evanston’s Black Community 

This exhibit highlights the life and legacy of one of Evanston's Black community members. Alex Keith, a Shorefront intern, curated the exhibit to remember the histories and contributions of ordinary community members and unearth histories of Black Evanston.