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"Our Histories, Our Stories" http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Content.aspx?audioID=35551 Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. in conversation with Rick Kogan .png) .png) How do the stories we tell shape history, and how does history shape the stories we tell? Dr. Gates is perfect to lead this question with because his work has encouraged people from all walks of life to explore their unique personal stories, and the impact of those stories on national history. In many ways his most recent film, the engrossing "Looking for Lincoln," is about how what we know about Lincoln and his times is based upon the stories we have told and continue to tell about him, and Gates' search for the truth. His most recent book is “Lincoln on Race and Slavery,” which has been described as “the first complete collection of Lincoln's important writings on both race and slavery.” What do you know and how do you feel about "Honest Abe" Lincoln? Does it matter? It does at this event. Come share your thoughts. There will be time for audience interaction with Gates and Kogan. Rick Kogan is one of Chicago's most respected writers and interviewers. The son of legendary newspaperman and author Herman Kogan, Rick has earned a stellar reputation of his own. He is the host of WGN-AM's "Sunday Papers with Rick Kogan" (6:30-9 a.m. Sundays), and a senior writer and Sidewalks columnist for the Chicago Tribune's Sunday magazine. He is also the author or co-author of several books, including the crime novel "Everybody Pays," and "America's Mom: The Life, Lessons and Legacy of Ann Landers." Time: 6-7:30pm (Doors open at 5pm) Chicago Public Library - Harold Washington Library Center
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State St.,
Chicago, IL 60605 Co-Conveners to Date: - Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
- Chicago Bar Association
- Chicago History Museum
- Chicago Public Library
- DuSable Museum of African American History
- Facing History and Ourselves
- The HistoryMakers
- Illinois Humanities Council
- McCormick Freedom Museum
- The Newberry Library
- The Richmond Group
- Historian Charles Branham
- Historian Adam Green
- Ms. Anne Oppenheimer
- Erin Gilbert/Art Institute of Chicago
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