Cover story: An exhibition and series of public programs at the Newberry explore the Age of Revolutions 200 years ago, when the US and countries across Latin America emerged from colonial rule. Also in this issue: **Writer and sociologist Eve L. Ewing recently gave her personal archive to the Newberry. Ewing's impulse to collect is rooted in a tradition among Black artists of building archives not just to preserve the past but to challenge ideas about what's worth preserving. **Three genealogists are telling their families' incredible stories after gaining new research and writing skills in a virtual adult education seminar. **New work by the artist Jeffrey Gibson (a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent) is featured in "Sweet Bitter Love," an exhibition at the Newberry. In a recent conversation, Gibson shared his process for making art that engages with history.
