Upcoming Events
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Authors’ Night
Date: Thursday February 27, 2025
Place: Madison Street Books 1127 W. Madison Street, Chicago
Time: 6-8pm
About Event: Linda will read from and discuss her book, Redlined, at Authors’ Night, sponsored by Literacy Chicago.
Linda is one of four other local authors (all amazing) who will be presenting about their books as well.
Sponsored by Literacy Chicago, a fabulous organization whose mission is to teach adults to read.
Past Events
Redlined interweaves a riveting family story with the history of redlining. In this Zoom talk, Linda will connect the dots between today’s racial profiling and inequities to the government policy of redlining that segregated America into Black and white. She’ll read snippets of the family archives that inspired Redlined and share digitized versions of 1940s redlining maps.
Join author, educator, and archivist, Linda Gartz, for a discussion of her award-winning book Redlined: A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in 1960s Chicago.
Redlined interweaves a riveting family story with the history of redlining. In this live Zoom talk, Linda will connect the dots between today’s racial profiling and inequities to the government policy of redlining that segregated America into Black and white. She’ll read snippets of the family archives that inspired Redlined and share digitized versions of 1940s redlining maps. Plenty of time for Q&A.
If you would like to purchase Redlined, please support our local independent bookstore, The Book Stall. They have the book for sale and can ship, deliver, or provide front-door pickup.
Redlined interweaves a riveting family story with the history of redlining. In this live Zoom talk, Linda will connect the dots between today’s racial profiling and inequities to the government policy of redlining that segregated America into Black and white. She’ll read snippets of the family archives that inspired Redlined and share digitized versions of 1940s redlining maps. Plenty of time for Q&A.
Connecting the dots with Redlined: Covid-19, BLM, and a family’s life before, during and after its community’s racial change interwoven with the history of redlining. Digitized versions of original redlining maps will be shared and discussed.
Connecting the dots with Redlined: Covid-19, BLM, and a family’s life before, during and after its community’s racial change interwoven with the history of redlining. Digitized versions of original redlining maps will be shared and discussed.