From: JANET IRENE SEYMOUR <janet.seymour@wisconsinhistory.org> Subject: Fw: Local History Webinars - Black History Month Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:59:05 +0000 Message-id: <BL0PR06MB50419C6FE47215425880C40B87600@BL0PR06MB5041.namprd06.prod.outlook.com>
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Local History Webinars – Black History Month
Local History - Field Services, Office of Programs and Outreach,
Wisconsin Historical Society
Wednesday February 20 – 1:30 pm CT
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Since Hollywood’s earliest films, rare cinematic depictions of slave dwel
lings have provided an image of slave habitations for many Americans. Dr. J
ulie Rose will examine images of slave dwellings from popular culture in fi
lm. From Edwin Porter’s 1903 silent film portrayal of “Uncle Tom’s Ca
bin” through director Steve McQueen’s 2013 academy award-winning film
“12 Years a Slave”, Dr. Rose will consider how slave life dwellings rep
resented on film changed over the century. Recently appointed director/cura
tor at Homewood Museum, Dr. Rose received her doctorate from Louisiana Stat
e University. Her dissertation formed the basis of her book, Interpreting D
ifficult History at Museums and Historic Sites, published by the American A
ssociation for State and Local History.
Register for this webinar by clicking here.<https://register.gotowebinar.co
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The Black-White Swimming Disparity in America: A Deadly Legacy of Swimming
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Recent studies have found that black Americans are half as likely to know h
ow to swim as white Americans and black children are three times more likel
y to drown than white children. In this presentation, Professor Jeff Wiltse
will explore the historical roots of these contemporary disparities, argui
ng that they largely result from past discrimination in the provision of an
d access to swimming pools. There were two times when swimming surged in po
pularity in the United States—at public swimming pools during the 1920s a
nd 1930s and at suburban swim clubs during the 1950s and 1960s. In both cas
es, large numbers of white Americans had easy access to these pools, wherea
s racial discrimination severely restricted black Americans’ access. As a
result, swimming never became integral to black Americans’ recreation an
d sports culture and was not passed down from generation to generation as c
ommonly occurred with white Americans.
Jeff Wiltse earned his Ph.D. in United States history from Brandeis Univers
ity and is professor of history at the University of Montana, Missoula. He
authored the widely acclaimed book Contested Waters: A Social History of Sw
imming Pools in America and has written numerous academic and popular artic
les on the history of swimming pools in the United States, the contemporary
provision and use of swimming pools, and contemporary disparities in swimm
ing and drowning rates in the United States. He has also appeared numerous
times as an expert commentator on NPR and BBC radio programs and is regular
ly quoted in leading newspapers and periodicals, including the New York Tim
es, Washington Post, and Time. He is currently working on two book-length p
rojects. One is a history of public music in American cities, titled In and
Out of Harmony: Public Music in American Cities, 1800-1930. The second is
a general history of Montana, titled Montana and the West: A People’s His
tory.
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Richard Bernstein, Southern Region
Local History-Field Services
Office of Programs and Outreach
Wisconsin Historical Society
816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706
608 264 6583
rick.bernstein@wisconsinhistory.org
Wisconsin Historical Society
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