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What’s new: October 2024
This update features six new essays, including Maragret Burroughs, artist, educator, and co-founder of the DuSable Museum; Boston mob leader and fugitive James “Whitey” Bulger; socialite, fashion designer, and entrepreneur Gloria Vanderbilt; speechwriter and presidential advisor Richard N. Goodwin; and astrologers Carroll Righter and Evangeline Adams.
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Margaret Burroughs
Margaret Burroughs (1917–2010) was a pivotal African American artist, educator, and institution builder in twentieth-century Chicago. She is perhaps best known for founding, in 1961, the Ebony Museum of Negro History and Art, which would become the DuSable Black History and Museum and Education Center.
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