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The authors of “Encountering Evanston History” — a book featuring 75 stories of Evanston locations, residents and experiences— gathered at Evanston Public Library on Wednesday evening for a panel to discuss the text’s historical highlights. The book, which 18 authors contributed to, compiles yearslong reporting from three local historians and former Evanston RoundTable journalists. In.
This Black History Month, reflect, commemorate and celebrate at events across Evanston. The Daily compiled a list of just some of them happening around town. “Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad” Feb. 2, 7 p.m. — Evanston History Center The Evanston History Center will host a presentation by Road Scholar.
Before the 1960s, when Northwestern did not allow Black students to live on campus, the Emerson Street YMCA provided them with beds. When Evanston Township High School did not permit Black students to use their pool, the YMCA offered them a place to swim. And when Black political scientist and civil rights activist Ralph Bunche.
The Evanston History Center hosted a presentation Thursday night to virtually walk residents through eight different Evanston sites that symbolized the role Black residents played in the city’s history. The event, titled “Changing the Narrative: A Look at African American Heritage Sites in Evanston,” attracted 50 people. Local historian Dino Robinson and the History Center’s.