Tue, Mar 26
|500 First St NW, 9th floor, Washington, DC 20001, USA
Stories Are Worth a Thousand Words: An Evening with Marcia Chatelain and Gene Demby
Time & Location
Mar 26, 2024, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
500 First St NW, 9th floor, Washington, DC 20001, USA
Guests
About the event
The MHHJ presents: an evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Marcia Chatelain and journalist and co-host of NPR's Code Switch, Gene Demby, exploring our annual theme, Lore. Storytelling around the fire used to be a way for families and communities to nurture wellness. More than ever, stories connect us and help us heal. Join us.
4:30-5:00 PM Pre-reception
5:00-6:00 PM Speaker Series
6:00-7:00 PM Post-reception
We encourage you to join us for the receptions taking place before and after the conversation to build community, make professional connections, and enjoy catered food and drinks. See you there!
About Our Speakers:
Gene Demby is a founding member of NPR's Code Switch team, where he serves as a host of the show's podcast. In 2020, Code Switch was named Apple's inaugural Podcast Of The Year. Demby's essays for Code Switch have also earned him honors for commentary from the Online News Association. Before joining NPR, he served as the managing editor of HuffPost's BlackVoices. He began his professional journalism career at the New York Times, where he served in various roles. Demby hails from Philadelphia and currently resides in Washington, D.C.
Marcia Chatelain: Marcia Chatelain is the Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.The author of South Side Girls: Growing up in the Great Migration (Duke University Press, 2015) she teaches about women’s and girls’ history, the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, as well as black capitalism. Her latest book, Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America (Liveright Publishing Co./W.W. Norton, 2020) examines the intricate relationship among African American politicians, civil rights organizations, communities, and the fast-food industry. Chatelain has received numerous awards for Franchise, including the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in History, the Hagley Prize in Business History, the Organization of American Historians Lawrence W. Levine Award, the Hurston Wright Legacy Award, the Hooks Institute National Book Award, the Alfred and Fay Chandler Book Award and the James Beard Foundation Award for Writing.
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