In this program, award-winning author Ethan Michaeli discusses his publication, "The Defender: How Chicago's Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America." In connection with the History Center's current exhibition on African American Experiences in Lake Forest, Ethan Michaeli explores the African American experience in the greater Chicago area through the lens of The Defender's efforts to "give voice to the voiceless, condemn Jim Crow, and focus the electoral power of Black America."
Ethan Michaeli is an award-winning author, journalist and university lecturer. A native of Rochester, NY, Ethan earned a BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Chicago and was a copy editor and investigative reporter at The Chicago Daily Defender from 1991 to 1996. He left The Defender to found the Residents’ Journal, a magazine written and produced by the tenants of Chicago’s public housing developments, and an affiliated not-for-profit organization, We The People Media. Ethan has served as a judge in numerous literary contests including as chair of the 2020 Lynton Prize, and at the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2021. He is currently a lecturer at the Harris School of Public Policy of the University of Chicago, and a senior adviser for communications and development at the Goldin Institute, an international not-for-profit organization collaborating with grassroots social change activists in 40 different countries. His work has been published by Oxford University Press, the Washington Post, Atlantic Magazine, The Nation, The Forward, In These Times, the Chicago Tribune and other venues.
7 сен 2024
