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SUMMARY:Walking Tour: Immigrants & The Making of St. Paul's East Side
DESCRIPTION:Walk with us and examine the role of immigration in the making and remaking of St. Paul’s East Side. Visit Swede Hollow\, one of the area’s earliest immigrant settlements\, and Payne Avenue\, a cent of community life.  Follow the stories of Swedish\, Irish\, German\, and Italian immigrants before turning to the Hmong\, Somali\, Latino\, and Karen communities that shape the East Side today. Approximately 1 mile walk. \nTour led by Peter Rachleff. \nThis tour is a Saint Paul Public Schools Community Education program. Registration cost is $25.\nTo register\, call the Community Education Office at 651-767-8179. Refer to the class title and course number (below). \nClass Title: Immigrants & The Making of St. Paul’s East Side Walking Tour\nCourse Number: 4705FB \nCommunity Education Office Hours\n Monday-Thursday\, 8:30am – 4:30pm\nFriday\, 8:30am – 3:30pm
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/walking-tour-immigrants-the-making-of-st-pauls-east-side-2/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: The People's Historian
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the book launch of The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn\, by author Dave Zirin. More event details coming soon! \nAbout the Book\nA biography of iconic radical historian Howard Zinn\, examining his life and work as a progressive icon and thought leader through the story of the times that shaped him as well as the United States of America. \n\n\n\n\n\nFrom The Nation magazine columnist and New York Times bestselling author Dave Zirin\, The People’s Historian is a deeply researched biography of Howard Zinn\, the beloved author of the classic national bestseller with more than four million copies sold\, A People’s History of the United States. \nThe People’s Historian shows Zinn’s presence on the great canvases of the 20th century: from the Depression to World War II to the Civil Rights Movement to the war in Vietnam all the way until his death in 2010. With intimately researched stories from Zinn’s life and career\, such as the way Atlanta’s small Spelman College\, where Zinn taught as a young professor\, helped launch the Civil Rights Movement\, Zinn’s work traveling to Hanoi to engineer the release of POWs\, and his continuing influence in the emerging Democratic Socialist movement\, The People’s Historian explores Zinn’s past while also demonstrating how his 75 years of political engagement with the social struggles of his time informs our perilous present. \nWith input from family and access to Zinn’s personal papers\, The People’s Historian paints a picture of the man behind A People’s History\, examining his work and legacy in the broader context of the United States. \n\n\n\n\n\nBuy the book here  \nDave Zirin is the sports editor for The Nation\, a columnist for the Progressive\, and the author of eight books on the politics of sports\, including What’s My Name\, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States and A People’s History of Sports in the United States. He was named in Utne magazine’s “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Our World” and was a finalist for the 2016 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/book-launch-the-peoples-historian-the-outsized-life-of-howard-zinn/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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