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Same Game Different Smokers Opening Reception at Washington Park
Wednesday, May 08, 2024 - 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Audience: Adults/ Teens/ Older Adults
Categories: Exhibits/Displays
Please join us as we celebrate the opening of the Same Game Different Smokers exhibition at the Washington Park Branch Library! Our special guest that day will be exhibit sponsor Carol McGruder, co-founder of the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council. Light refreshments will be served.Same Game Different Smokers exhibition at Washington Park Branch Library (May 8-June 29): Same Game Different Smokers is an exploration of the troubling relationship the tobacco industry has had with the Black Community over the last 400+ years. A collection of archival ads and images are brought together to answer some extremely important questions. The exhibition interrogates the complex connection between increased demand for commercialized tobacco, the transatlantic slave trade, racialized advertising, targeted ad placement and the fact that 45,000 African Americans die every year from tobacco-related illness.Location: Finney Community Room
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