Masterfully illustrates how the fight for civil rights has been intertwined with black businesses. So, it is a smart and capacious book and a work of history that goes way beyond what you know about the golden arches and entrepreneurial spirit. In the calorie count of the happy meal, it digs into this really important story of how this purveyor of food actually shaped political culture. Shape to the economy and really shape so many particularly cities around the country. It is really important history it is a lens i dont think people have thought about quite the way you have. Im really thrilled to be here so, mcdonalds is embedded into the american subconscious. Im sure it is a stones from here there is one. But it is a paradox. It is simultaneously history of opportunity its also an opportunity for exploitation. It is a National Story but it is also chicagos story pray to lets begin in chicago. Marcia, your first book with southside girls growing up in the great migration. Here we are
Annual near south Planning Board printers row lit best. Please help me giving a special thank you to our sponsors. [applause] before we begin we ask that you silence your cell phone and turn off camera flashes if youre taking photos. At the end of the presentation we will be taking questions. There is a mic here because cspan is recording. So please come to the mic so it will be heard on the recording and we will remind you of that. And lets begin. Shes content please welcome Marcia Chatelain she is the author of franchise the golden arches and black america. She is in conversation with elizabeth taylor. Thank you ladies. [applause] thank you. Thank you all for coming today. Can you hear me . It is such a pleasure it is a Beautiful Day outside. It is going to be a much interesting to be in this room as we really dig into this really important part of history. Im thrilled to be here, professor of history at Georgetown University that is the official bio. I just want to say Pulitzer Priz
Annual near south Planning Board printers row lit best. Please help me giving a special thank you to our sponsors. [applause] before we begin we ask that you silence your cell phone and turn off camera flashes if youre taking photos. At the end of the presentation we will be taking questions. There is a mic here because cspan is recording. So please come to the mic so it will be heard on the recording and we will remind you of that. And lets begin. Shes content please welcome Marcia Chatelain she is the author of franchise the golden arches and black america. She is in conversation with elizabeth taylor. Thank you ladies. [applause] thank you. Thank you all for coming today. Can you hear me . It is such a pleasure it is a Beautiful Day outside. It is going to be a much interesting to be in this room as we really dig into this really important part of history. Im thrilled to be here, professor of history at Georgetown University that is the official bio. I just want to say Pulitzer Priz
[applause] before we begin we ask that you silence your cell phone and turn off camera flashes if youre taking photos. At the end of the presentation we will be taking questions. There is a mic here because cspan is recording. So please come to the mic so it will be heard on the recording and we will remind you of that. And lets begin. Shes content please welcome Marcia Chatelain she is the author of franchise the golden arches and black america. She is in conversation with elizabeth taylor. Thank you ladies. [applause] thank you. Thank you all for coming today. Can you hear me . It is such a pleasure it is a Beautiful Day outside. It is going to be a much interesting to be in this room as we really dig into this really important part of history. Im thrilled to be here, professor of history at Georgetown University that is the official bio. I just want to say Pulitzer Prize winner 2021 history. [applause] at. [cheering] and i get a chill. So the citation read this way. One reason im go
Say a few things we are recording tonights event. Well be airing on cspan later on and a note of thanks. Its been a its never been a good time for independent bookstores in the last several years. The last two years have been particularly challenging. So we owe it are still existence to your support and we we really appreciate it. All right, rachel. Get to be interesting stuff. Yes, um if you have questions at any point this evening, you can type them into the q a box, which youll find at the bottom of your screen and we will be saving those up and asking them for you at the end of the evenings, please type in any questions that you have there tonight is my very great pleasure to get to introduce the magoon who is here to talk about her most recent book revolution in our time, which is a National Book Award Finalist the correct using author award on her book a michael l. Prince honor book and a Walter Dean Myers on our book. She is the Margaret Edwards awardwinning author of more than