How the Regenstein Library’s Created Equal Exhibit Omits the Oppressive Underbelly of American History

Nathaniel Rodwell-Simon The Created Equal: The Premises and Promises of the Declaration of Independence exhibition at the Joseph Regenstein Library. The Joseph Regenstein Library currently boasts Created Equal: The Premises and Promises of the Declaration of Independence which opened September 8 and can be viewed until December 11, 2026. The exhibit is located in the Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center on the first floor. Each display case focuses on a different theme, like “Revolutionary Ideas” or “The Declaration and Civil Rights.” Some items in this exhibit include the original rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, a handbill from 1918 for a protest at the White House for women’s suffrage, and an earthenware sold to raise money for the abolition movement in commemoration of Elijah Lovejoy, who was killed by a pro-slavery mob.

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