IN LIBRARY Racism in 1920s Glencoe

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Hammond Room

Event Details

In September 2022, after five years of special research, the Glencoe Historical Society opened its interactive exhibit on Glencoe’s Black heritage. Many community members have already visited this extraordinary gift to the village. This spring, GHS researchers are enriching the experience through two in-library programs that will go deeper into their findings. Registration is not required for this in-library event: just drop in.

Part 2 of the series, Racism in 1920s Glencoe, will seek to answer a question that has permeated many current programs on community diversity: Why aren’t there more Black people living in Glencoe today? The program will explain the use of restrictive covenants, eminent domain and redlining in Glencoe in the 1920s-30s and the overall effect these practices had on what had been a growing Black population.

The GHS exhibit will be on display at the GHS museum at 375 Park Avenue at least through spring 2024. Presented in partnership with the Glencoe Historical Society.

Note: This program follows a Part 1: Glencoe's Early Black Settlers, which was presented on March 12. It explored how this village became an integrated, culturally active, entrepreneurial community in the late 19th century. The presenters discussed how and why early Glencoe became home to the largest Black population between Evanston and Waukegan and the real estate, education and business opportunities that attracted Black settlement in the late 1880s and early 1890s. Neither the March 12 nor the April 16 programs will be recorded. 

If the Hammond Room program space fills up, patrons will have the option of watching the program on livestream in the Forte Room. 



Event Type(s): Lecture
Age Group(s): Adult