Local Historian Receives National Humanities Medal


Historian Darlene Clark Hine of Chicago received the 2013 National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama. Hine was honored for her work on understanding the African American experience. We talk with Hine about the award and her work.


Revisit our interview with Darlene Clark Hine on her biography: The Black Chicago Renaissance, the history of African American arts and entertainment culture in Chicago during the 1930s.

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