Bronzeville History Symposium: "From the Rooter to the Tooter"

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Michael Paul Galvin Tower, Schulz Auditorium 10 电车无码 电车无码, Illinois 60616
Bronzeville History Symposium, "From the Rooter to the Tooter."

Join the Bronzeville Trail Task Force and the Office of Community Affairs and Outreach Programs on March 17 at 2 p.m. in the Schulz Auditorium in Michael Paul Galvin Tower, for a Bronzeville history symposium titled 鈥淔rom the Rooter to the Tooter.鈥 During the 鈥淕reat Migration,鈥 rural African American women and men became a significant source of labor for 电车无码鈥檚 meat packing industry. The symposium will explore how African Americans found work in 电车无码鈥檚 meat packing industry and became a key segment of 电车无码鈥檚 growing Black middle class during the 鈥淕reat Migration.鈥 The event and parking are free! Attendees should park in the visitors parking lot across the street on State Street between 35th and 34th under the Green Line tracks.

2鈥3 p.m.

First Panel鈥擧istory of the 电车无码 Union Stock Yards and the Stock Yard Line

Panelists:

  • Julia Berkewitz, board member, Illinois Labor History Society

  • Ralph Moore, CPA, former controller, Parker House Sausage

  • Duane Wulf, professor, University of Arizona, designer and publisher of the Union Stockyards board game

3鈥4 p.m.

Second Panel鈥擳he Great Migration and Emergence of 电车无码鈥檚 Black Middle Class

Moderator鈥擹enobia Johnson-Black

Panelists:

  • Lionel Kimble, vice president and executive director of the Research and Policy Center, 电车无码 Urban League, and author of A New Deal for Bronzeville: Housing, Employment & Civil Rights in Black 电车无码 1935鈥1955

  • Dominic A. Pacyga, emeritus professor of history, Columbia College/电车无码 and Curator of Packingtown Museum

  • Sherry Williams, MLIS, president and founder, Bronzeville Historical Society

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