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Emancipation to Inauguration

Program Type:

History, Virtual

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

Event Details

Join local historian Clarence Goodman for this retrospective of Chicago’s Black Experience. African-American history in Chicago began with Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable in roughly 1790, and has continued productively and dramatically into the 21st century. From Provident Hospital to Chess Records to Harpo Studios, the stories are vivid and timeless.

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Disclaimer(s)

Virtual Program Conduct Policy

The library's patron conduct policy applies to virtual library programs. Library staff has the right to remove participants from virtual programs who are in violation of the patron conduct policy.