Dr. Elena Gonzales, CHM Curator of Civic Engagement and Social Justice, Rebekah Coffman, CHM Curator of Religion and Community History, and Jojo Galvan, CHM Digital Humanities Fellow, will discuss the Museum’s ongoing project and upcoming exhibition, Aquí en Chicago.
Steven A. Riess, Bernard Brommel Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at Northeastern Illinois University, presents “The Unknown History of Baseball Gambling, 1874–1950.”
CHM trustee and Ohio State University professor John N. Low will discuss the history of the Potawatomi people.
Artist and public historian Ann C. Saunders presents “Doris E. Saunders: Overlooked and Forgotten Bronzeville Trailblazer and Media Game Changer.”
Michelle Nickerson of Loyola University Chicago presents “Spiritual Criminals: How the Camden 28 Put the Vietnam War on Trial.”
Presented in partnership with the Design Museum of Chicago and People’s Action Institute, join us for activations and a panel talk featuring interdisciplinary artist and designer Linda Abdullah, by & for founder Pia Singh, Columbia College Chicago professor Dave Pabellon, People’s Action Institute events director Marlene Paez Dukes, and People’s Action Institute director of movement governing Marta Popadiak.
Experience what it means to design for change at the Arts Village inside the free Englewood Music Festival!
Joshua Salzmann of Northeastern Illinois University presents “Disarming Chicago: Gun Control from Black Power to Barack Obama.”
Abdul Basith Basheer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill presents “Islam on a City Campus: Muslim Student Community Building and Activism at UIC.”
Helen Shiller, former city councilwoman and author, will discuss her 2022 memoir, Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win: Five Decades of Resistance in Chicago’s Uptown Community.
