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SUMMARY:History Chat: From the Lodge to the Courtroom
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DESCRIPTION:History Chat is a one hour program in which a lecturer speaks 
 about a topic in local or national history followed by an audience Q&A ses
 sion. .\nhttps://jaxpubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/15738457
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>About the Program:</strong> Speake
 r Jerry Urso will discuss how Black lawyers\, lawmakers\, and Prince Hall 
 Masons carved a path through slavery\, Reconstruction\, Jim Crow\, and int
 o the modern struggle for civil rights with an emphasis on Jacksonville le
 aders.</p>\n<p><strong>About the Speaker:</strong> Jerry Urso is the grand
  historian for The Most Worshipful Union Grand Lodge of Florida. A native 
 of Massachusetts\, he holds a master&rsquo\;s degree in history from Trini
 ty College and comes from a long line of Masons. He earned a Fellowship to
  the Phylaxis Society. He is the Past President of the Alexander Darnes Re
 search Chapter. Past President of Lux e Tenebris Research Society. A Membe
 r of the Jacksonville Historical Society and Florida Historical Society. H
 e was a panelist for the Civil Rights Timeline for the City of Jacksonvill
 e and Lavilla Historian for the Downtown Investment Authority. He was awar
 ded the Joseph A. Walkes award for his work on Prince Hall Masons and the 
 Civil Rights Movement. He is also a Historian for the Real Rosewood Founda
 tion and the July Perry Foundation. He is also a member of the Chi Rho Fra
 ternity.</p>\n<p><strong>This program is made possible by a grant from the
  Mellon Foundation.</strong></p>\n<p>Register to save your seat. Registrat
 ion must be completed two hours prior to the start time. A library card an
 d PIN are required for registration. If you do not already have one\, <a h
 ref="https://jaxpubliclibrary.org/services/get-library-card">you can apply
  for a library card online</a>.</p>\n<p>All registered seats will be forfe
 ited at 1:55 pm and made available to waitlisted and walk-in attendees. Re
 gistered attendees arriving after this time will be seated if seats are av
 ailable.</p>\n<p>Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act\, accommo
 dations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Please a
 llow 1&ndash\;2 business days to process. Last-minute requests will be acc
 epted\, but may not be possible to fulfill. Please ask for Learning Servic
 es at 255-2665 or email JPLPrograms@coj.net.</p>\nhttps://jaxpubliclibrary
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