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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.
From health care to social work, America’s public schools bridge many gaps for children and their families.
The remarkable flowering of the arts reflecting the Black Power movement of the 1960s and ‘70s was guided by a philosophy of self-determination.
Before an exhausted crowd, Hendrix fused protest and horror with patriotism and optimism.
The city normally removes campaign signs from public property, but otherwise they become eye sores that residents have to clean up themselves.
The founder of Third World Press continues his lifelong mission of building sustainable black institutions.
The last time CPS finances imploded, arts education took a devastating blow. Will three decades’ worth of organizing and policy change protect the arts now?
Two years ago, when Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled an arts plan for schools, it was unclear how much arts instruction was already being offered to students – either by certified teachers or through partnerships with community organizations.
Now, schools and arts leaders know the answer: There are more teachers than many would have guessed, but they are inequitably distributed across the city and the total is far below the goals.
As part of its arts education plan, CPS has rolled out the district’s first-ever effort to rate schools on the quality of their arts programs and linked the ratings to arts funding of $500 to 750 per school.
Our children on the South Side, who need a school such as ChiArts, will now most likely be displaced, just like the students from closed schools. CPS did not care to take this idea into consideration before they decided to move the school further to the Northwest Side instead of choosing the other, more centrally located option that had been in the works for years—a location at Malcolm X College.