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'Reclaiming the Narrative: African American in Joliet’s Southend' Exhibit Set for August 17 Display

°Õ³ó±ð ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½×îаæÏÂÔØ University History Center’s “ banner exhibit will be on August 17 in Fairmont.

On June 22, the exhibit was at the Envision Fairmont: Updating the Fairmont Neighborhood Plan event at the Fairmont Community Center in Lockport, Ill.

Recent ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½×îаæÏÂÔØ University Alumna Morgan Jennings represented the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½×îаæÏÂÔØ University History Center at the event. The former history and theology student answered questions and shared the stories ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½×îаæÏÂÔØ University students discovered while researching the previously untold stories. Jennings also distributed “African American Voices from Joliet’s Southend” booklets created from the exhibit.

For more information on the event, contact Nicholas Hernandez at nhernandez@willcountylanduse.com.

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