Shorefront hosts symposium to explore Evanston's Black history - Evanston RoundTable

Shorefront hosts symposium to explore Evanston's Black history - Evanston RoundTable

Archives are more than paper and documents, according to Laurice Bell, executive director of Shorefront Legacy Center. There are paintings, artwork and clothes people have worn and previously owned inside the community archive. It can also be memories of Evanston and what used to be. “What people have that have made a difference, whether it’s a doctor’s bag, whether it’s a dress someone wore on the cover of an album and performed in, whether it’…

Activating unsung histories of Black Evanston

Jeremy Rowland’s research on Shorefront Legacy Center’s music collection is one of a dozen historical projects-in-progress to be featured in the April 26 symposium “Activating Local Black History.” Sponsored by Northwestern and Shorefront, the free event will take place April 26.