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 in Europe on the CRR19 Commemoration Project. Read the article here.
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 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, 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 Read more…