We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community
@ Haitian American Museum of Chicago-HAMOC
4654 N Racine Ave Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 11AM - 4PM
Join the Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC) and Emerald City Coffee for a one-day outdoor exhibition “We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community”.
Happening on Racine Ave, between Wilson and Broadway, this community exhibition highlights the excellence and contributions of Black America, here in Uptown and beyond. The event features 19 exhibits curated by our community partners at The Uptown Chamber of Commerce, Black Heroes Matter, The Robbins Museum, and HAMOC and Emerald City Coffee volunteers.
Plus, LIVE music from Crossing Borders Music!
Stroll through the exhibition with us!
All CDC and Chicago Public Health guidelines will be followed. Please bring a mask and practice physical distancing when viewing.
Exhibitions include:
– artwork from the Haitian American Museum of Chicago- exhibition about Robbins, IL, the sixth oldest African-American community in the U.S by the Robbins History Museum
– “Lowell’s Human Colors,” an exhibition by local artist Lowell Thompson including free copies of his anti-racist coloring books, supported in part through The Chicago Community Trust. Thompson, author of “RaceMan Answers,” is also the creator of the 2019 permanent art installation “Uptown’s Colored Wheel” on Racine Ave immediately south of Broadway, where he’ll be stationed.
– string musicians from Crossing Borders Music performing melodies by Black composers
– music by Afro-Colombian percussionist Julio Montenegro, the founder of the Ecos Del Pacifico Afro-Colombian Ensemble
– Dr. Cranston Knight, scholar and historian at St. Augustine College and founder of “Global Voices International: A Foreign Policy and Human Rights Organization”
– Ephraim Martin, founder of Martins International, a non-profit arts organization promoting the cultures, heritage, music, food, arts and overall way of life of African, Caribbean, Latin American, and American peoples.
– highlighting of Black-owned business by the Uptown Chamber of Commerce
– local businessman Prince Noble El, purveyor of Afro-centric religious art and related sundries
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