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Tag: arts

Posted inPerspectives

Hip-hop is the soundtrack to Black Lives Matter protests, continuing a tradition that dates back to the blues

by Tyina Steptoe June 26, 2020June 26, 2020

Rap songs from Public Enemy and Ludacris have been heard at marches over the killing of George Floyd. But the history of Black American music as a form of protest dates back to the 19th century.

Posted inPerspectives

7 things public schools do besides teach kids academic basics

by Samantha Keppler April 23, 2020April 23, 2020
Posted inPerspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be, Race and Culture

Lessons from Chicago’s Black Arts Movement

by Curtis Black October 3, 2019October 3, 2019
Posted inPerspectives

Fifty years ago, Jimi Hendrix’s Woodstock anthem expressed the hopes and fears of a nation

by Mark Clague August 16, 2019August 16, 2019
Posted inGovernment and Politics

What do we do with all those campaign signs? Young Chicago artists have an answer

by Jacqueline Serrato April 12, 2019April 16, 2019
Posted inPerspectives, Race and Culture

Haki Madhubuti reflects on 50 years of cultivating black arts

by Deborah Douglas September 27, 2017October 12, 2017
Posted inEducation, Then, Now, Next Almanac

Can recent arts renaissance survive budget cuts?

by Maureen Kelleher February 5, 2016September 9, 2016
Posted inCatalyst Chicago, Education

Arts education report: More teachers and programs, but inequity remains

by Melissa Sanchez July 9, 2014August 15, 2016
Posted inCatalyst Chicago, Education

For the Record: Arts education ratings

by Rebecca Harris February 24, 2014August 15, 2016
Posted inCatalyst Chicago, Education, Perspectives

South Side children will be hurt most by plan to move ChiArts

by Elise Burks November 6, 2013November 8, 2016

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