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VIRTUAL: Lecture: Hidden in Plain Sight: Moss Kendrix

Title:VIRTUAL: Lecture: Hidden in Plain Sight: Moss Kendrix
Date & Time:Wed Feb 17, 2021 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location:Virtual Only Event, Meeting or Activity
Meetings, events or activities that will be held exclusively online or via telephone conference.
Event Details:Dr. Brenna Wynn Greer will trace how Black public relations guru Moss Hyles Kendrix enlisted white corporate America in a campaign to redefine black citizenship after World War II. Dr. Greer will also examine how Kendrix and his work—so visible and so important in the early Cold War era—was almost lost to us. Dr. Greer is Associate Professor of History at Wellesley College, and her first book Represented: The Black Imagemakers Who Reimagined African American Citizenship (University of Pennsylvania Press), is now available for purchase.
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Fees:$6
Audience:Anyone may attend
Tags:Black History Museum, Lecture, Museums


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