CRR19 participated in a Black History Classroom Exchange program that drew connections between the violence on Black Wall Street in 1921 and Chicago in 1919. The virtual exchange included high school students from South Shore and Tulsa as well as NBA players from Chicago Bulls and Oklahoma City Thunder. Read Read more…
The PBS series The Future of America’s Past created a short documentary on how artists and activists in Chicago have worked to recover the history of the 1919 riot. The 27-minute program features Eve Ewing, Jefferson Pinder, Newberry Library scholars, and young Chicago poets. Around the 20-minute mark, CRR19 co-directors Read more…
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder and national BLM rebellion, CRR19 co-directors Peter Cole and Franklin Cosey-Gay published an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune on the importance of public art to address Chicago’s history of racism and racial violence. Header image: “Harmony Glass Blowing” by donjd2 is licensed under Read more…
Project founder Peter Cole spoke with TIME ahead of the official launch of CRR19 about emerging efforts to remember the Chicago Race Riot and the influence of Germany’s Stolpersteine Project on CRR19’s approach to commemoration. Read more of the conversation in the article here. Header image: “Familie Maissner, Stolpersteine Lange Read more…
Co-directors Peter Cole and Franklin Cosey-Gay spoke with WBEZ Chicago about the legacy of the Chicago Race Riot and the responsibility on the City of Chicago to commemorate and recognize the long-lasting impact of the event on city residents today. The article also discussed the influence of the Stolpersteine Project Read more…
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