Northwestern University

Stand With Haiti!!

Stand with Haiti!! An Evening of Food, Poets (including Lady Terror), Musicians, and Dancers Gathered to Support Those Devastated by the Earthquake in Haiti. DJ Ayana on the tables. Thursday, Jan. 21, 6:00pm – 8:45pm Thorne Auditorium 357 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL Free admission, donations requested. Food/Drink: 6-7pm Program: 7:15-8:45pm ALL Proceeds will be donated…

January 18, 2010

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Arts & Culture, Dance, Events, Jive Culture, Live Music, Musical Performance, Performance, Spoken Word, Staged Affairs, the Goodness

Chicago Haiti Benefit, DJ Ayana, Haiti, Haiti Fundraiser, Lady Terror, Northwestern University, Tricia Hersey-Patrick
Jive on Icon: Daphne Maxwell-Reid

Here’s the original caption that accompanied the above shot: 25 Oct 1967, Evanston, Illinois, USA — Northwestern Homecoming Queen…Daphne Maxwell, 19, of New York, has good reason to flash that bright smile; she was named Northwestern University’s Homecoming Queen October 20th. Daphne, a sophomore who is studying design, is the first Negro ever to be…

April 21, 2009

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Arts & Culture, Chicago Cultural History, Film and Television, the Goodness

Chicago Cultural History, Daphne Maxwell-Reid, Frank’s Place, Northwestern University, Race, Television, Tim Reid