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Arts & Culture, Art Review Nov 23, 2018
'African-American Designers in Chicago' is an important corrective to art history

The new Cultural Center exhibit shows how much design innovation came from black artists in Chicago.
- By Danielle A. Scruggs
- Tags: Art Review, African-American Designers in Chicago, Chicago Cultural Center, design, commercial art, Daniel Schulman, Chris Dingwell, Tim Samuelson, Charles Harrison, Thomas Miller, Pedro Bell, Sylvia Abernathy, Leroy Winbush, Emmett McBain, Barbara D. Mahone, Black Arts Movement, a

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Aug 29, 2018
Haki Madhubuti has lived his life as an act of defiance

And the 76-year-old educator, essayist, activist, and founder of Third World Press is as radical as ever.
- By Patrick T. Reardon
- Tags: Lit Feature, Haki R. Madhubuti, Don L. Lee, black nationalism, black self-determination, poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks, New Concept Development Center, Chatham, Chicago, YellowBlack: The First Twenty-One Years of a Poet’s Life, Richard Wright, Black Boy, African-centered education, black pride, black power, black nationalism, black cultural nationalism, Third World Press, Detroit, East Side, Kanye West, Black Arts Movement, Pulitzer Prize

Arts & Culture, Art Feature Apr 24, 2018
What ever happened to the King Memorial Mural at 43rd and Langley?

The artist, Eugene "Eda" Wade, wants to know, but nobody seems to have any answers.
- By Jeff Huebner
- Tags: Art Feature, King Memorial Mural, Eda Wade, Wall of Respect, mural, public art, Martin Luther King Jr, Chicago Council on Fine Arts, Eugene Wade, Black Arts movement, Organization of Black American Culture, Margaret Burroughs, Georg Stahl, Harold Haydon, porcelain enamel, vitreous enamel, enamel painting, Artist-in-Residence Program, Department of Human Services, Bronzeville, Daniel Schulman, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Koehnline Museum of Art, Will Burns, Toni Preckwinkle, Pamela Cummings, Marko Mihajlovich, Geraldine McCullough, Our King, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Living Memorial, Inner-City Muslim Action Network, Sonja Henderson, John Pitman Weber, Marquette Park, King Community Service Center, Bonheur Development Corporation, Perkins McDowell

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jul 18, 2017
Phil Cohran shaped the Black Arts Movement with his vision and discipline

Secret History pays tribute to its first subject, the late Phil Cohran, who cofounded the AACM, formed the Artistic Heritage Ensemble, and launched the Affro-Arts Theater.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Phil Cohran, Kelan Phil Cohran, Sun Ra, Artistic Heritage Ensemble, jazz, soul, funk, creative music, improvisation, Black Arts Movement, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Affro-Arts Theater, AACM, Association for the Advancement for Creative Musicians, Jay McShann, John Gilmore, On the Beach, Chuck Terry, Oxford, Mississippi, Saint Louis, obituary, Walter Perkins, Sun Ra Myth Science Arkestra, Fate in a Pleasant Mood, Angels and Demons at Play, Muhal Richard Abrams, Pete Cosey, Miles Davis, Louis Satterfield, Earth Wind & Fire, Maurice White, Frankiphone, ukelin, cornet, trumpet, harp, Malcolm X College, Ethiopian Diamond

Music, Music Feature Jul 7, 2015
Why the AACM and AfriCOBRA still matter

MCA curator Naomi Beckwith discusses a new exhibit called "The Freedom Principle" that connects the legacy of the Black Arts Movement to current cultural and political battles.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, AACM, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Museum of Contemporary Art, AfriCOBRA, Naomi Beckwith, "The Freedom Principle", Black Arts Movement, John Litweiler, Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Threadgill, Wadada Leo Smith, Amina Claudine Meyers, George Lewis, John Litweiler, Matana Roberts, OBAC, Organization of Black American Culture, Coalition of Black Revolutionary Artists, Glenn Ligon, Cauleen Smith, Anri Sala, Nick Cave visual artist, Renee Green, Dieter Roelstraete, The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music 1965 to Now, A Power Stronger Than Itself

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'African-American Designers in Chicago' is an important corrective to art history

The new Cultural Center exhibit shows how much design innovation came from black artists in Chicago.

Haki Madhubuti has lived his life as an act of defiance

And the 76-year-old educator, essayist, activist, and founder of Third World Press is as radical as ever.

What ever happened to the King Memorial Mural at 43rd and Langley?

The artist, Eugene "Eda" Wade, wants to know, but nobody seems to have any answers.

Phil Cohran shaped the Black Arts Movement with his vision and discipline

Secret History pays tribute to its first subject, the late Phil Cohran, who cofounded the AACM, formed the Artistic Heritage Ensemble, and launched the Affro-Arts Theater.

Why the AACM and AfriCOBRA still matter

MCA curator Naomi Beckwith discusses a new exhibit called "The Freedom Principle" that connects the legacy of the Black Arts Movement to current cultural and political battles.

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'African-American Designers in Chicago' is an important corrective to art history

The new Cultural Center exhibit shows how much design innovation came from black artists in Chicago.

Haki Madhubuti has lived his life as an act of defiance

And the 76-year-old educator, essayist, activist, and founder of Third World Press is as radical as ever.

What ever happened to the King Memorial Mural at 43rd and Langley?

The artist, Eugene "Eda" Wade, wants to know, but nobody seems to have any answers.

Phil Cohran shaped the Black Arts Movement with his vision and discipline

Secret History pays tribute to its first subject, the late Phil Cohran, who cofounded the AACM, formed the Artistic Heritage Ensemble, and launched the Affro-Arts Theater.

Why the AACM and AfriCOBRA still matter

MCA curator Naomi Beckwith discusses a new exhibit called "The Freedom Principle" that connects the legacy of the Black Arts Movement to current cultural and political battles.

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