“No Blacks in the ‘White City’? Frederick Douglass at the Haitian Pavilion...

“No Blacks in the ‘White City’?

Frederick Douglass at the Haitian Pavilion

Sunday, July 15 at HPHS—5529 S. Lake Park

2 PM (Doors Open at 1:30 PM)

REGISTRATION REQUIREDPresentation Limit 30 (Ticket Required)Tour—Open, No Ticket RequiredRegistration Link Below:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/no-blacks-in-the-white-city-frederick-douglass-at-the-haitian-pavilion-the-challenge-to-the-status-tickets-47622752936[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"]ONLY TICKETED, REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS WILL BEGUARANTEED A SEAT.SEATS ARE LIMITED - Eventbrite registered ticket holder onlywill be guaranteed a seat for the Presentation 2p -3p. All are welcomed for the Tour {ticket is not necessary} - begins at3:15p meeting near the Columbian Basin | TIP the meet-up spot isnear the entrance of the Museum of Science and Industry main entrance.look for structure #8    

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Frederick Douglass served as the most prominent Representative of African Americans at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, from which his race had Largely been excluded despite earnest protest and petitions. Haiti, which had won its independence from France almost 90 years earlier after a successful slave revolution, was the only black nation with a pavilion in the Fair’s “White City,” named for the gleaming, white washed buildings. The proud Republic of Haiti appointed Douglass, who had served as a minister of the U.S. government in Haiti, as one of its representatives at the Fair. Join the Hyde Park Historical Society, Friends of the Parks And DuSable Heritage Association, as we commemorate the 125th year of the World’s fair in Chicago’s Jackson Park for a presentation and tour on the Frederick Douglass' challenge to the Expo—called "The White City"—not representing and including African-Americans.Speakers:

• Christopher R. Reed, PhDProfessor Emeritus of History at Roosevelt University A Roosevelt alumnus, and anative Chicagoan who has matched scholarly interest and civic commitment. His research interests include Chicago history, nineteenth and twentieth century Black Chicago history, U.S. Civil War history, and urban politics. His scholarship includes numerous essays and books. He is the nation‘s leading expert and author of six books on the early history of African Americans in Chicago
• Rebecca S. Graff, PhDAssistant Professor of Anthropology Department of Sociology and Anthropology Lake Forest CollegeAs a historical archaeologist with research interests in the 19th–and 20th–century urban United States, I explore the relationship between temporality and modernity, memory and material culture, tourism, and nostalgic consumption through archaeological and archival research
• Courtney S. Pierre–Cane, PhDAssistant Professor of History and African American Specializing in US History, African American History. African Diaspora, Haiti and The Diaspora, Women and Gender Studies.

Program:

Open at 1:30p

2pm Welcome (HPHS) Mr.Safar/Mr.Spicer

45min–Presentation/PanelProfessor Pierre-Cain- Panel Moderator

Each speaker will have 3-5 minutes to give remarks/Presentation

Speakers Suggested Key Focus

It would be helpful to have a bit of generalHistory about the fair–Professor Graff

Some specific history about Douglass and hisconcerns/approach–Professor Reed

The Haitian experience and point of view–Frederick Douglass and Haitian relationship–ProfessorPierre-Cain

15min-Q&A

5min-Wrap-up and Tour logisticsJ. Irizarry, Exec. Dir. FOTP

Tour Information:

1. Meeting area at Museum of Science & IndustryBldg. By bus / taxi stand area - ( a 5 min walkfrom HPHS). It is also known as the ColumbianBasin - structure #8.

2. Public metered parking available .

3. From meeting area it is .5 mile walk approximately15 min. Walk. To the site location at 59th streetpier and the Bowling green.

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