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Timuel Black discusses “Sacred Ground” at Evanston Literary Festival

May 19, 2019 @ 2:00 pm3:00 pm

Legendary 100-year-old activist and historian Timuel Black discusses his new book, Sacred Ground: The Chicago Streets of Timuel Black, which chronicles the life and times of this Chicago icon. Bart Schultz, editor of the book, will talk with Black about his life in this event co-sponsored by Northwestern University’s Department of African-American Studies.

About the Speakers:

Timuel D. Black, Jr. has spent his life furthering the cause of social justice, and his two volumes of oral histories, Bridges of Memory: Chicago’s First Wave of Black Migration and Bridges of Memory: Chicago’s Second Generation of Black Migration, published by Northwestern University Press, chronicle black Chicago history from the 1920s to the present.

Bart Schultz is a senior lecturer in humanities and director of the Civic Knowledge Project at the University of Chicago. He is the author of many works, including Henry Sidgwick: Eye of the Universe.

Details

Date:
May 19, 2019
Time:
2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Website:
https://www.evanstonlit.org/schedule/2019/5/19/timuel-black-sacred-ground

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