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Join us as we explore how the legacy of the 1919 riots and the resulting hardening of segregation influenced the trajectory of Chicago's education system.
How does the de facto segregation in today's Chicago public schools compare to the segregated education in 1919 Chicago? How does segregation in schools affect other aspects of Chicago today?
Chicago 1919: Confronting the Race Riots
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This event is part of the Newberry's year-long initiative, Chicago 1919: Confronting the Race Riots. It has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor, and by generous support from Edith Rasmussen Ahern and Patrick Ahern. Our Youth Engagement Sponsor is Allstate.
Collaborative partners in Chicago 1919 include the Black Chicago History Forum, Black Metropolis Research Consortium, Blackstone Bicycle Works, Chicago Architectural Club, Chicago Collection Consortium, Chicago History Museum, Chicago Public Library, Chicago Urban League, City Bureau, Kartemquim Films, Middle Passage Production, and Young Chicago Authors.
Chicago 1919: Confronting the Race Riots received the 2020 Outstanding Public History Project Award from the National Council on Public History.
Speakers
Jen Johnson, Chief of Staff at Chicago Teacher’s Union and Former CPS History Teacher
Elizabeth Todd-Breland, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of the new book, A Political Education: Black Politics and Education Reform in Chicago Since the 1960s
Moderated by Liesl Olson, Director of Chicago Studies at the Newberry Library
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