The Story Won't Tell Itself
The Cultural Legacy of Jim from the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Event Details
Date
Friday, October 17, 2025
Time
5-6:30 p.m.
Location
Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art
Description
Join us for a conversation with David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson as well as a local historian and educator about the cultural legacy of Jim’s character from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. After the publication of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Jim became a cultural symbol and garnered a life of his own on stage, in visual culture, in literary history, and elsewhere.
Cost
Free and open to the public
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please email bwillig@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Reasonable effort will be made to support your request.