Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
Vivian Harsh, Chicago’s First Black Librarian
Clip: 2/12/2022 | 1m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Chicago's first Black librarian and the collection of Black history she built.
February is Black History Month and to celebrate, we're spotlighting a Chicago Black history maker every week. This week's history maker is Vivian Harsh, Chicago’s first Black librarian. As Chicago's Urban Historian Shermann Dilla Thomas points out, Harsh collected materials to build one of the largest collections of Black literature and history in the U.S.
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Chicago Tonight: Black Voices is a local public television program presented by WTTW
Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
Vivian Harsh, Chicago’s First Black Librarian
Clip: 2/12/2022 | 1m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
February is Black History Month and to celebrate, we're spotlighting a Chicago Black history maker every week. This week's history maker is Vivian Harsh, Chicago’s first Black librarian. As Chicago's Urban Historian Shermann Dilla Thomas points out, Harsh collected materials to build one of the largest collections of Black literature and history in the U.S.
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