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Urban History Seminar

We are happy to announce that May’s Urban History Seminars (UHS) will be in-person at the Chicago History Museum. UHS features a scholarly presentation followed by lively discussion. Lisa Yun Lee, executive director of the National Public Housing Museum, will speak about the history, vision, and future of the NPHM, the only cultural institution devoted More

Virtual Urban History Seminar

The Urban History Seminar series feature a scholarly presentation followed by lively discussion. Tikia K. Hamilton, assistant professor of history at Loyola University Chicago, presents “Before Brown v. Board of Education.” Many are familiar with the unprecedented 1954 ruling, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, which suspended the practice of legal segregation in More

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