February 21, 2024
Pictured L to R: Catherine Healy, Rector, SPR, Jo Ann Roberts, PhD., SPR BHM Chair, Alderman Lamont Robinson, 4th Ward, Congressman Bobby L Rush (ret.), Michelle Duster, Public Historian, Sara Bigger, SPR Anti-racism Working Group. Photo credit: Devorah Crable
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LIVING HISTORY MAKERS TOLD HOW THE PAST INFORMS OUR FUTURE DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION AT HYDE PARK CHURCH
Public historian Michelle Duster shared little known facts and anecdotal stories about the life, times and uncompromising drive of her great-grandmother the revered civil rights activist and antilynching crusader Ida B. Wells during the Black History Month celebration at St. Paul & the Redeemer in Hyde Park.