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History Forum
History Forum: How Bright the Path Grows with Marcia Chatelain
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102
651-259-3000 | infodesk@mnhs.org
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There is no shortage of footage immortalizing the men who spoke at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, when 250,000 Americans gathered beneath the Lincoln Memorial to call for an end to segregation. But there is no “class photo” of the Black women who helped organize the march, performed on its main stage, or were honored during its Tribute to Negro Women Fighters for Freedom.
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In How Bright the Path Grows, Marcia Chatelain weaves a gleaming group portrait of these singular women. Among this cohort were several household names like Josephine Baker, Rosa Parks, and Mahalia Jackson, but many were relative unknowns, including Minnesotan Anna Hedgeman, the coordinator who pushed in the eleventh hour for a tribute to Black women’s work.
Biography:
Marcia Chatelain is the Penn Presidential Compact Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to How Bright the Path Grows, she is author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America and South Side Girls: Growing up in the Great Migration. Among the many recognitions for her scholarship and teaching, Chatelain has been recognized as a 2019 Andrew Carnegie Fellow and a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow.
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Saturday, February 27, 2027
History Forum: How Bright the Path Grows with Marcia Chatelain
There is no shortage of footage immortalizing the men who spoke at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, when 250,000 Americans gathered beneath the Lincoln Memorial to call for an end to segregation. But there is no “class photo” of the Black women who helped organize the march, performed on its main stage, or were honored during its Tribute to Negro Women Fighters for Freedom.
Can't attend in-person? Register for the virtual event.
In How Bright the Path Grows, Marcia Chatelain weaves a gleaming group portrait of these singular women. Among this cohort were several household names like Josephine Baker, Rosa Parks, and Mahalia Jackson, but many were relative unknowns, including Minnesotan Anna Hedgeman, the coordinator who pushed in the eleventh hour for a tribute to Black women’s work.
Biography:
Marcia Chatelain is the Penn Presidential Compact Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to How Bright the Path Grows, she is author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America and South Side Girls: Growing up in the Great Migration. Among the many recognitions for her scholarship and teaching, Chatelain has been recognized as a 2019 Andrew Carnegie Fellow and a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow.
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