Book Talk: Collective Care in the Black Metropolis
Thu 22 Oct, 18:00 · National Public Housing Museum, 919 S. Ada St., Near West Side · Chicago
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Cultural historian Amani Morrison discusses A Kitchenette to Fit Your Needs, her book on the subdivided apartments that housed Chicago's Great Migration arrivals before public housing did. A specific, well-documented piece of the city's history, told in the building where that history ended up.
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Chicago's Great Migration housing story, told by the historian who wrote the book, in the right building.
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