Join the DuSable Museum and Chicago Urban League IMPACT Alumni Association, along with our esteemed thought-partners, for a thoughtful conversation with our 2019 Mayoral Candidates. The event will be moderated by Todd Belmore, Executive Director of Chicago Social Exchange, and Kimberly Egonmwan, WVON Radio Personality.

Limited seats available. Register using Special Code: DuForum to receive your free ticket.

TRANSCRIBE A THON-UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS PROJECT

For the United States Colored Troops (USCT) serving during the Civil War emancipation and military service were entwined. The USCT made up over 10 percent of the Union Army at a time when only one percent of the Northern population was African American. Facing the inherent racism festering in the psyche of the nation, the enlisted troops were met with segregated units and discriminatory practices. Despite the circumstances, these men fought on participating in every major campaign and battle during the last two years of the war earning twenty-five Medals of Honor in the process.

Join us at the DuSable Museum to engage directly with their stories. On February 16th the DuSable Museum will be joined by the African American Civil War Soldiers, an online crowd-sourcing project that is transcribing the complete military service records of the United States Colored Troops. The goals of this database-building project are to improve our knowledge of the estimated 200,000 African Americans (United States Colored Troops) who fought for freedom in the American Civil War, to provide descendants of the soldiers with access to information on their ancestors, and to present students of history with primary documents from a pivotal moment in African American history.

Celebrate the legacy of the soldiers through lectures, performances and activities featuring:

• John Clegg-Director of African American Civil War Soldiers
• Dr. Christopher Reed- Professor Emeritus of Roosevelt University
• Cheryl Wills-Journalist, Author, and TV Personality
• Julius Jones-Graduate Student Department of History, University of Chicago
• Cynthia Maddox-Performer Lady Moses: The Story of Harriet Tubman
• Primary Source exploration featuring objects from the DuSable Museum’s collection and much more

The completed database will be presented on the website of the African American Civil War Museum.

Saturday, February 16, 2019 | 2:00pm-6:00pm | DuSable Museum of African American History | FREE Admission | Click Here to Register | Please enter through the Main Entrance | Presenting partner American Civil War Soldiers Project

THE ART OF LANGSTON HUGHES
Performance

Beyond being a key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes also lived and worked in Chicago for many years. Permeating his work is pride in the African-American identity and its diverse culture.

In The Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, Sandra L. West noted, “He confronted racial stereotypes, protested social conditions, and expanded African America’s image of itself; a “people’s poet” who sought to reeducate both audience and artist by lifting the theory of the black aesthetic into reality.”

Join us at the DuSable Museum as it brings this ShawChicago Theater Company production to the stage. Experience five exceptional poems, plays, and stories all by this extraordinary artist.

Hear from the ShawChicago Director Luther Goins following the show.

Tuesday, February 19, 2019 | 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. | DuSable Museum of African American History | FREE Admission | Click Here to Register

Please enter through the Harold Washington Wing Entrance on 57^th and Cottage Grove.

The Evolution of African-American Music (From Africa to Hip Hop) is an interactive and multimedia concert for all ages that explores the history of African American Music. This entertaining and educational concert will help participants understand and appreciate how the many styles of African American Music –from Field Hollers to Jazz to R&B are connected.

Group of 10 or more, please fill out a reservation form.

There is limited seating for individuals. Click here to register.

The Evolution of African-American Music (From Africa to Hip Hop) is an interactive and multimedia concert for all ages that explores the history of African American Music. This entertaining and educational concert will help participants understand and appreciate how the many styles of African American Music –from Field Hollers to Jazz to R&B are connected.

Group of 10 or more, please fill out a reservation form.

There is limited seating for individuals. Click here to register.

Chicago 1919: Confronting the Race Riots

Opening Event at DuSable Museum

#Chi1919

• Housing and Color Lines, facilitated by Lee Bey, Architectural Critic, Photographer, and Writer.
• Policing and Violence, facilitated by Robin Robinson, Special Advisor for Community Affairs at the Chicago Police Department and former Chicago news anchor and Michael Chuchro, Policing Historian.
• Media and Race, facilitated by Chris Benson, Lawyer, Screenwriter, and Associate Professor at the Medill School of Journalism.
• World War I and Chicago’s Black Soldiers, facilitated by Christopher Reed, Emeritus Professor of History at Roosevelt University.
• An Artifact and Archival Show-and-Tell of the DuSable exhibit, Two Colored Women in the US Expeditionary Forces: The Story of Kathryn Johnson, led by Armand Gonzales, author, doctor, and teacher.
• Young Adult book reading of ‘A Few Red Drops,’ with author Claire Hartfield.
• Video Booth: Record your own Great Migration or Family Migration Story.

Saturday, February 23, 2019 | 2:00pm-5:00pm | DuSable Museum of African American History | FREE Admission | Register Now Closed (No More Tickets Available) | Please enter the Museum through Harold Washington Wing entrance on 57th and Cottage Grove.

THE ART OF LANGSTON HUGHES
Performance

Beyond being a key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes also lived and worked in Chicago for many years. Permeating his work is pride in the African-American identity and its diverse culture.

In The Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, Sandra L. West noted, “He confronted racial stereotypes, protested social conditions, and expanded African America’s image of itself; a “people’s poet” who sought to reeducate both audience and artist by lifting the theory of the black aesthetic into reality.”

Join us at the DuSable Museum as it brings this ShawChicago Theater Company production to the stage. Experience five exceptional poems, plays, and stories all by this extraordinary artist.

Hear from the ShawChicago Director Luther Goins following the show.

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 | 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. | DuSable Museum of African American History | FREE Admission | Click Here to Register

Please enter through the Harold Washington Wing Entrance on 57^th and Cottage Grove.

An evening of recent short films celebrates themes of present-day and folkloric Haiti as well as dance and celebration traditional in the country. Myléne Simard and Kaveh Nabatian’s “Nan Lakou Kanaval” (2014, 9 min.) and Leah Gordon’s “Bounda pa Bounda” (2008, 20 min.) offer a glimpse into Haitian Kanaval, the local iteration of the popular festive season experienced across the globe. “Bounda pa Bounda” refers to a popular drag character from Kanaval celebrations in Jacmel, Haiti. Vincent Toi’s “The Crying Conch” (2017, 20 min.) follows a man in present-day Haiti who is trapped in a curse from centuries ago. The story includes references to the revered slave leader Mackandal, whose early rebellions against colonial plantation owners are said to have inspired the leaders of the Haitian Revolution.

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 | 7:00pm-8:30pm | DuSable Museum of African American History | FREE Admission | Click Here to Register | Please enter through the Main Entrance

Presented by South Side Projections, DuSable Museum of African American History, and the Haitian American Museum of Chicago

The MLK Project: The Fight For Civil Rights

The MLK Project: The Fight for Civil Rights is a touring one-woman show that follows a Chicago student’s personal evolution while studying the Civil Rights Movement. Using poetry, hip-hop and history, the performance features stories of both celebrated and unsung Chicago-based civil rights activists. One actress transforms into many characters in a cross-cultural portrayal of major Civil Rights Movement events of the 1950s and 1960s.

Group of 10 or more, please fill out a reservation form.

Limited seating available for individuals. Click here to register.

US AIR FORCE BAND MIDWEST WINDS – Sounds of WWI
Concert

Join the DuSable Museum and The United States Air Force Band of Mid-America’s Midwest Winds for a special concert at the DuSable Museum of African American History featuring the sounds of the African American military marching bands then participate in a special tour of our exhibition Clearing a Path For Democracy: Citizen Soldiers of The Fighting 8^th In WWI. Concert admission is free for this family-friendly, all ages event.

Wednesday, February 27, 2019 | 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | DuSable Museum of African American History | FREE Admission | Click Here to Register

Please enter through the Harold Washington Wing Entrance on 57^th and Cottage Gove Avenue.

The MLK Project: The Fight For Civil Rights

The MLK Project: The Fight for Civil Rights is a touring one-woman show that follows a Chicago student’s personal evolution while studying the Civil Rights Movement. Using poetry, hip-hop and history, the performance features stories of both celebrated and unsung Chicago-based civil rights activists. One actress transforms into many characters in a cross-cultural portrayal of major Civil Rights Movement events of the 1950s and 1960s.

Group of 10 or more, please fill out a reservation form.

Limited seating available for individuals. Click here to register.