Author Talk | Chris Serb - Eckie: Walter Eckersall and the Rise of Chicago Sports

Join us for an evening with Chicago author Chris Serb as he discusses his recent book Eckie: Walter Eckersall and the Rise of Chicago Sports (2025). Eckersall was an on-field football superstar whose athletics, sports journalism, and advocacy for Black athletes, long before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, all set the stage for impacting the relationship between sport and society that we see today. $25; $20 members. This program is part of CHM's US at 250: Civic Action in Chicago efforts. Serb's talk will include discussions of the ways Eckersall and sports generally can serve as vehicles for social change.