City of Evanston issued the following announcement on July 18.
On Monday, July 30, Shorefront will screen a documentary project that has been in the works for the last four years, “Lorraine H. Morton: A Life Worthwhile.” The screenings will be held at 11:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center in the Parasol Room (4th Floor), 2100 Ridge Ave.
The documentary is about Lorraine Hairston Morton – an educator, an alderman, and Evanston’s first African American mayor. Lorraine served the Evanston community for over 50 years, guided by a simple statement her father had passed down to her nearly half a century ago — “... only a life of service, is a life worthwhile.”
This screening is free and open to the general public, as well as to staff and officials at the Morton Civic Center during their lunch break.
Shorefront collects, preserves and educates people about Black history on Chicago’s suburban North Shore.
Original source can be found here.
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