In “I’ll Make Me a World” by Jarvis R. Givens, readers are taken on a journey through Black history, from the Emancipation Act to the establishment of Black History Month, and are reminded that Black history is much more than what has been written.
Black History Month
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Bolingbrook Black History Month Awareness Club Celebrates Being Brilliantly Black
The program highlights will feature an anticipated performance from Black Magician Spellbinder, author, poet, spoken-word artist Anita Riddle, and the Jubilee youth and adult choir. Honor roll students from Valley View District 365U middle schools will be introduced, and scholarships will be awarded to seniors residing in Bolingbrook who have been accepted to college.
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Black History Month to highlight contributions of African Americans
Communities in Will County are celebrating the accomplishments and heroism of African Americans during Black History Month.
Posted inEntertainment, Joliet, Local
STAMP: A STORY OF BLACK AMERICA AND US POSTAGE
he play takes place in 1947 when an odd group gathers regularly at a restaurant called STAMP where they share stories and discuss world affairs. The patrons have one thing in common; they’re Black Americans who’ve all been featured on the US postage stamp.
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Goodman Theatre “the ripple, the wave that carried me home
The story, set in a fictional mid-western town, Beacon, Kansas, details the troubled racial history of a family through the history of segregated swimming in America.
Posted inJoliet, Local, News
Joliet Historical Museum showcase of Black Voices
“The Reclaiming the Narrative project certainly made it evident that Joliet’s African American churches and cultural organizations have long been responsible for collecting and documenting so much imperative – yet often overlooked – historical information.”
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Goodman Theatre Gem of the Ocean, though set in 1904, its journey is not complete
It is eerily emblematic that the official opening night of August Wilson’s epic ‘Gem of the Ocean’ occurred on the eve of Black History Month, when 17 Historically Black Colleges across several states were forced to close down due to bomb threats. Wilson’s masterpiece is set in 1904, where the chains of slavery still echo disturbingly in the minds of the inhabitants of Aunt Ester’s boarding house in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. The Civil War, Emancipation, the Underground Railroad and the failed charade of Reconstruction are all as present-day to its denizens as the spirits conjured by Aunt Ester (a mesmerizing Lisa Gaye Dixon, who is a veteran of Goodman’s A Christmas Carol). Myth and redemptive hallucination, bordering on a Timothy Leary mind-trip, dominate this soul-searching drama that borders on the Shakespearean.
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Will County celebrating Black History Month with Leadership Series
In celebration of Black History Month, Will County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant has announced the Will County Leadership Series. Throughout February, community leaders will be highlighted and sharing their thoughts on the importance of recognizing Black History.
County Executive Bertino-Tarrant thanks these leaders who have stepped forward to share their thoughts. The first leader to be featured is Michelle Stiff, Director of the Workforce Services Division of Will County.
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH COMMUNITY EVENTS
February is Black History Month and some of our local schools and facilities have ways you can celebrate. See below for a host of events to fill up your calendar with!
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Bolingbrook 24th Annual Black History Month Celebration
In Honor of Black History Month, Bolingbrook Black History Month Awareness Club will organize its 24th Annual Black History Month Celebration Saturday, February 12, 2022, from 1:00 PM until 5:00 PM at Bolingbrook High School, 65 Raider Way, Bolingbrook, IL 60440.
