Chicago Public Library

Chicago: Segregated City

Kartemquin Films is collaborating with Black Cinema House to present “Chicago: Segregated City”, a screening and discussion of three of Kartemquin’s classic films about racial issues in Chicago, along with an exclusive sneak preview of 63 Boycott, their in-progress film about the 1963 boycott of Chicago Public Schools by thousands of African American parents and…

December 13, 2012

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Arts & Culture, Chicago Cultural History, Film and Television

Black Cinema House, Chicago, Chicago Public Library, Chicago Public Schools, Gordon Quinn, Kartemquin Films
Marion Perkins: Sculpted a Better Chicago, a Better World

Woodson Regional is a gem of the South Side. I’ve always believed that. One of my favorite locations of the Chicago Public Library, bar none. The library, located at 95th and Halsted, boasts the Vivian Harsh Research Collection (all manner of Black Ephemera) and a really strong overall collection. 1 of only two regional libraries in the…

July 2, 2009

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Art, Arts & Culture, Chicago Cultural History, Events, High Culture, Visual Arts

Arts & Culture, Black Art, Carter G Woodson Regional Library, Chicago Arts, Chicago Public Library, Chicago Renaissance, Events, Marion Perkins, Sculpture, Visual Art