Douglas A. Blackmon, author of "Slavery by Another Name," discusses "The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans" 6 PM May 8, 2014, Chicago Public Library

Douglas A. Blackmon

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas Blackmon

to discuss perpetuation of slavery in post-Civil War America
at free Community Conversation event

Thursday, May 8 at 6 p.m.

at the Chicago Public Library’s Harold Washington Library Center

Presented by Facing History and Ourselves and The Allstate Foundation

in partnership with the Chicago Public Library

CHICAGO (April 23, 2014)—The Chicago office of international educational nonprofit Facing History and Ourselves and The Allstate Foundation are proud to present a free Community Conversation event on Thursday, May 8 at 6 p.m. with Douglas Blackmon, who will discuss his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II. Presented in partnership with the Chicago Public Library, this Community Conversation will be held at the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium of the Harold Washington Library Center (400 S. State Street). Reservations are requested for this free Community Conversation and available by calling 312.345.3203 or visiting
www.facinghistory.org/communityconversations.