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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-TW'>The Department of History Black History Month Lecture</span></i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-TW'>“Selling Revolution: African Americans’ Struggle for Equal Employment in Department Stores, 1942-1968”</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-TW'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-TW'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-TW'>Presentation by <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-TW'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-TW'>Traci Parker<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-TW'>PhD Candidate at the University of Chicago<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-TW'>Adjunct Professor in History at DePaul University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-TW'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-TW'>Lunch Provided</span></i><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-TW'>12-1pm, Wednesday February 22, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Library 300</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=idSignature64968><div><p class=MsoNormal>--------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Thomas A. Foster </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Associate Professor and Chair</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Department of History, SAC 422</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>2320 North Kenmore Avenue </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>DePaul University </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Chicago IL 60614 </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://las.depaul.edu/history/People/Faculty/Foster.asp"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://las.depaul.edu/history/People/Faculty/Foster.asp</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>office: 773 325-4169 </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>fax: 773 325-4764</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>To receive updates about History courses and events,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>join the "Friends of History" email list: <a href="http://eepurl.com/ij8Sg">http://eepurl.com/ij8Sg</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Twitter @DePaulHistory </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://www.facebook.com/depaulhistory">www.facebook.com/depaulhistory</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>