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Carolina Center for Jewish Studies presents: "A Pogrom in Chicago: Antisemitism and Free Speech in Modern America"

  • UNC Stone Center 150 South Road Chapel Hill, NC, 27599 United States (map)

Sylvia and Irving Margolis Lecture on the Jewish Experience

A Pogrom in Chicago: Antisemitism and Free Speech in Modern America

Can we stop antisemitic hate speech before it turns violent? In 1949 a five-day pogrom rocked Chicago and led to a revolutionary First Amendment ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. In this lecture, historian James Loeffler explores this forgotten episode and its meaning for the questions of public protest, civil rights, and violence that we face today.

James Loeffler is Felix Posen Professor of Jewish History at Johns Hopkins University.

Website for More Info: https://jewishstudies.unc.edu/event/loeffler/

Earlier Event: February 13
Men's Lunch