Henry Louis Gates, Jr. in Conversation with Rick Kogan: Our Histories, Our Stories

Date: Mon. June 29, 2009

Time: 6:00 pm

Location:
Harold Washington Library Center
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State Street
60605

Program: Summer Reads for Adults

About this event:

The Chicago Public Library and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission present a unique look at how the stories we tell shape history and how history shapes our stories, with Henry Louis 'Skip' Gates, Jr. in conversation with Rick Kogan.

Who could better bring this conversation to 'the Land of Lincoln' than Gates?  Through several books and PBS specials—most recently Looking for Lincoln—he has encouraged people from all walks of life to explore their unique personal stories and the impact of those stories on our national history.  With renowned author and journalist Rick Kogan weaving tales of Chicago into the conversation, this promises to be an entertaining and enlightening meeting of minds.  Plus, you are invited to get in on the conversation!  This program is part of the Chicago Public Library’s Land of Lincoln Readers: Summer Reads for Adults.

Co-conveners for this program include the Chicago Public Library, Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, Chicago Bar Association, Chicago History Museum, DuSable Museum of African American History, Facing History and Ourselves, The HistoryMakers, McCormick Freedom Museum, The Newberry Library, The Richmond Group, Historian Charles Branham, Historian Adam Green and Ms. Anne Oppenheimer.

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