Black Wall Street Journey: The Economics of Black Chicago
Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021 5:30 – 7 pmThe University of Chicago
5550 S. Greenwood
Chicago, IL 60637
A virtual conversation with cultural and business leaders Rick Lowe and John W. Rogers, Jr.
Join us for a discussion of Black wealth-building in Chicago, focusing on the challenges, gains, and opportunities being made by Black businesses, entrepreneurs, and residents.
This conversation is presented with the current exhibition Toward Common Cause: Art, Social Change, and the MacArthur Fellows Program at 40 and the Black Wall Street Journey project—a hub for neighborhood regeneration initiated by Lowe in Washington Park. The talk is also anchored by the centennial anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and observation of the historic Black Wall Street.
FREE, please register for the webinar link.
Presented by the Smart Museum of Art, Booth School of Business, and Arts + Public Life.