American Inspiration Series presents author, Marcia Chatelain

When:
Tuesday, Feb 11, 2020 6:00p -
7:00p

Where:
American Ancestors and the New England Historic Genealogical Society
99-101 Newbury Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116

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Admission:
$34.00 : General Admission w/ Signed Hardcover Copy of Book, 12.50 : General Admission

Categories:
Classes

Event website:
https://go.evvnt.com/598335-0?pid=5248

American Inspiration is a new, thought-provoking series of talks by best-selling authors presenting books that explore themes of personal identity, families and immigration, and social and cultural history. The series launched in the Fall 2019 and will continue through 2020 with a lineup of well-known writers discussing their newest releases on a variety of fascinating topics. Additional authors, community partners, guest moderators, and "in conversation" hosts will be added to this website as announced.


The author of South Side Girls and a professor at Georgetown University will discuss her latest work with Leah Wright Rigueur of Harvard's Kennedy School. From Civil Rights to Ferguson, Franchise reveals the untold history of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America; an industry fueled not only by corporations, but by black capitalists and civil rights leaders, who-in the troubled years after King's assassination-believed they found an economic answer to the problem of racial inequality. Join us to learn how and why franchises blossomed at the very moment a freedom movement began to whither.


Marcia Chatelain is a professor of history and African American studies at Georgetown University, and is a leading public voice on the history of race, education, and food culture. Leah Wright Rigueur's research expertise includes 20th Century U.S. political and social history and modern African American history, with an emphasis on race, political ideology, and civil rights.


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Speaker: Marcia Chatelain

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