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Reflections of Youth

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Monday, August 12, 2019, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Harold Washington Library, Pritzker Auditorium

400 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60605  (Map)

View a video of this event here.

Join National Youth Poet Laureates and YCA alumna Patricia Frazier (2018) and Kara Jackson (2019), and members of the 2019 Young Chicago Authors Louder than a Bomb Squad as they debut work inspired by the difficult history of the 1919 race riots.

The Squad's spoken word performances will be the culmination of an intensive summer apprenticeship during which high school performers have explored primary source materials in the Newberry Library collection related to the riots, and drawn connections between the tragic events of 1919 and today.

Speakers and Facilitators:

Louder Than a Bomb Squad performers: Penelope Alegria, Nicholas Berry, Nilah Foster, Anaya Frazier, Jerome Kelly, Sarah Kim, Taisaun Levi, Jonquil McCray, Kristal Moseley, Kyla Pereles, Derrian Samuels, and Morgan Varnado. Moderators: National Youth Poet Laureates and YCA alumnae Patricia Frazier (2018) and Kara Jackson (2019).