Book Talk – The Life, Education and Legacy of Karen Lewis: Elizabeth Todd-Breland in conversation with Barbara Ransby

Join the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy and the Social Justice Initiative for the UIC book launch of “I Didn’t Come Here to Lie: My Life and Education” by Karen Lewis and Elizabeth Todd-Breland.

In this book, Todd-Breland writes about the legacy and transformative impact that Chicago Teachers Union President Emerita Karen Lewis had on education, the labor movement and Chicago.

Date: Sept. 10
Time: 4-5:30 p.m.
Location: Cardinal Room, Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted St.

Panelists:

Elizabeth Todd-Breland, associate professor of history and affiliate faculty in Black studies at the University of Illinois Chicago.

Barbara Ransby, the John D. MacArthur Chair and Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago in the departments of Black studies, gender and women’s studies and history, and director of the Social Justice Initiative.

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