spring 2013 newsletter

IN THIS ISSUE:

Spotlight On: Dust in Our VeinsPage 2Exhibit extended by popular demand.

Remembering Harold: Page 8Recollections of an American Mayor.

We Are living History: Page 3The President’s Word.

Carmen DeLavalladeMasterclass6Carmen works with up and coming dancers.

Gallery Talk with Terrence Reese Page 18A conversation with a great photographer/artist.

The DuSable Museum of African American History / Spring / 2013

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DSM Newsletter / Spring / 2013

At The DuSable Museum, we like to say that “we are living history”. For although, we are dedicated to recalling and celebrating our past, we recognize that much of its significance is rooted in how it informs our present and our future. We know, too, that many of the advances of today are designed to get more information, to more people, in a shorter time than we ever could have imagined. Rather than be afraid of these new technologies, we have embraced them and use them in a variety of ways that help us educate and inform our publics.

As a member of the Museum, you get robo calls, texts and e-blasts from us all the time. We’re on FaceBook, Twitter, Vimeo, Flicker, and a host of other social media sites, as well. We communicate with our colleagues and volunteers via teleconfer-encing and recently had Geoffrey Holder join one of our major events, via Skype. Staff participates in web-based trainings and we sometimes offer webi-nars for teachers and for students in the Chicago Public Schools. On occasion, we make one of our public programs available to the public by stream-ing live on the internet. And we don’t stop there, The DuSable Museum of African American History has an app for your phone. You can buy tickets to our events online, visit our website to stay current on our events and text 72727 to donate to or join the Museum.

In keeping with our adoption of these exciting infor-mation-sharing tools, we are proud to announce our latest foray into cyberspace – Discovering DuSable Digitally (D3)! Stunned by how few people really know about the great explorer and first non-native settler to Chicago, Jean Pointe Baptiste DuSable, we set about developing innovative ways to tell this story. We started with our Mobile Museum, a hands-on, interactive touring unit that traverses the city and surrounding areas, educat-ing students about DuSable, but D3 takes it to a whole new level. Now, we have the story told in a way that brings it into your home, into classrooms, and anywhere else. We’ve worked hard to develop this interactive presentation, collaborating with the American Indian Center and the African Scientific Research Institute, traveling to Louisiana, and soon to Haiti, to bring you authentic research in the most innovative way possible. Read more about it in this issue and encourage the young people you know to nurture the explorer within and come on this journey with us.

But please remember, despite our love for technol-ogy, NOTHING TAKES THE PLACE OF YOU. Visit the Museum and experience our latest offerings, participate in the public programs that are receiv-ing so much acclaim, and encourage your friends and associates to become members, as well. Our institutions can only be sustained with your consis-tent engagement and stewardship and we love you for being a part of our support system!See you at The Du!

Carol L. Adams, Ph.D.President and CEO

We Are Living History...The President’s Word

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2012 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

DUST IN THEIR VEINSA Visual Response to the Global Water Crisis

Candace Hunter is a visual artist based in Chicago whose collage and mixed media work has garnered her both praise and a mixture of collectors locally and nationally.

An installation of mixed media art works

that bring discussion and action to the plight

of women and chil-dren who are adversely

affected by the lack of rights to clean water – the lack can be due to

either the global water crisis or living in conflict

areas of the world.

Spotlight On: Dust in Their Veins:A Visual Response to the Global Water Crisis Extended through May 31, 2013

2013 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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About The DuSable MuseumTo collect, preserve and display artifacts and objects that promote understanding and inspire appreciation of the achievements, contributions, and experiences of African Americans through exhibits, programs, and activities that illustrate African American his-tory, culture and art. Visit the following pages to learn more about the museum:

Museum HoursTuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m.Sunday, Noon - 5:00 p.m.

Free SundaysAdmission is FREE to all on each Sunday of the year. We also offer free admission rates (on school days) to all Chicago Public School students.

Closed Mondays, Easter, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

Museum AdmisionAdults $10.00Students & Seniors $7.00Children Ages 6 to 11 $3.00Children Under 5 FREE

The DuSable Museum is handicapped accessible. A limited number of wheelchairs are available and should be reserved before your visit. Baby strollers are permitted throughout the facility. Please call (773) 947-0600 Ext. 225 to make your reservations. Strollers are not available.

ContactsFeedback is appreciated!Please mail your comments to:Newsletter - EditorThe DuSable Museum of African American History740 East 56th PlaceChicago, Illinois 60637

Newsletter Art Direction and Design:Courtney JolliffDirect Effect NewMedia

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Clarence K. Bourne, ChairmanMaria Green, Vice Chairman

Patricia Knazze, Vice ChairmanTroy Ratliff, TreasurerLisa James, Secretary

Reanetta Hunt, Assistant SecretaryCarol L. Adams, Ph.D., President & CEO

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EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING SCHEDULEDATES AND TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

SUNAPRIL

7CARMEN&GEOffREySCREENINGSUNDAy, APRIL 7, 20132:00 PM–4:00 PMIn conjunction with the exhibit, “Geoffrey & Carmen: A Memoir in four Movements,” we present a special screening of “Carmen & Geoffrey.” Carmen DeLavallade and Geoffrey Holder, two living legends in the world of American dance, are the subjects of this intimate and revealing documentary. Carmen was the first to achieve notoriety in the early 1950s, as a lead dancer of incomparable beauty and grace with the Lester Horton Dance Theater and Alvin Ailey’s American Dance Theater. Geoffrey, an elemental force on stage who would find fame not only as a dancer but also as an actor, soda spokesman, and theater director, met Carmen during a production of Truman Capote’s “House of Flowers” in 1954, and proposed to her on sight. They married a year later and have been together ever since. Filmed over a period of three years in New York, Texas, Trinidad and

Paris, “Carmen & Geoffrey” features candid interviews and riveting archival dance footage. Performances of their work with Alvin Ailey, Herbert Ross, Lester Horton, Joe Layton, Duke Ellington and Josephine Baker, as well as their choreography work and Holder’s stunning achievements in painting and costume design demonstrate the virtually uninterrupted creativity of these icons of dance.This is a fREE event. for more information or to RSVP, call 773-947-0600 ext. 290.Sponsored by The Chicago Community Trust.

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GALLERy TALk WITH T.A.R. (TERRENCE A. REESE)Sunday, April 21, 2013

3:00PM-5:00PM

Join us for an engaging

talk with Tar as he shares

anecdotes and memoirs

from his photo shoots with

the history makers featured

in his stunning exhibit,

“Reflections.” Reflections

is a documentary-style

photography series of black and white photographs of personal living spaces of over sixty renowned individuals whose lives and careers have addressed the fundamental political, economic, and social realities of the 20th century and beyond. In each photographic image, a mirror is strategically placed as the subject is reflected in it. The collection includes a network of luminaries such as legendary photographer and filmmaker Gordon Parks, dancers Harold and Fayard Nicholas (The Nicholas Brothers), civil rights activist Daisy Bates (The Mother of Little Rock Nine), sculptor Selma H. Burke, and artist, filmmaker, and publisher Camille Billops, along with 63 other great individuals. This is a fREE event. for more information or to RSVP, call 773-947-0600 ext. 290.

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REMEMBERING HAROLD WASHINGTONSunday, April 28, 2013 2:00PM-5:00PM Harold Washington became

the first African-American Mayor of Chicago, serving from 1983 until his death in 1987. He continues to be revered and beloved all over the country. In this special tribute program, we discuss

ground breaking moments in his mayoral career; highlights of his many impactful speeches; hear from some of his trusted friends and confidants; and honor the legacy of “Chicago’s ambassador to the world,” Mayor Harold Lee Washington.Sponsored in part by Discover.General Admission is $5.00 and fREE for DuSable Museum Members. for more information or to RSVP, call 773-947-0600 ext. 290.

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ART, WINE & ENTERTAINMENT friday, May 3, 2013 7:00PM-10:00PM A.W.E.: The Fashion Edition

Entertainment offers you an evening of awe inspiring art, delicious wines, and eclectic entertainment. In this installment of A.W.E., you’ll enjoy interactive fashion presentations by some of Chicago’s top fashion designers; gorgeous live mannequins; spoken word performances; and tours of the fashionable gowns and sketches showcased in “Geoffrey & Carmen: A Memoir in Four Movements,” which closes on Sunday, May 5, 2013.Admission is $10.00. Online ticket sales will be available through a link on www.dusablemuseum.org.for more information, call 773-947-0600 ext. 290.This event is sponsored by The Chicago Community Trust.

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“THE WARMTH Of OTHER SUNS:” Sunday, May 19, 2013 2:00PM-5:00PM

Introducing the DuSable Museum Book Club, which provides a unique forum to discuss exciting and emotive literature related to African American history and culture. Be among the first to take part in these dynamic learning experiences, starting with our first selection “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration,” presented in collaboration with One Book One Chicago. “The Warmth of Other Suns” is Isabel Wilkerson’s historical study about the The Great Migration and the Second Great Migration, the movement of blacks out of the Southern United States to the Midwest, Northeast and West between 1915 and 1970. The book intertwines a general history and statistical analysis of the entire period, and the biographies of three persons: a sharecropper’s wife who left Mississippi in the 1930s for Chicago, named Ida Mae Brandon Gladney; an agricultural worker, George Swanson Starling, who left Florida for New York City in the 1940s; and Robert Joseph Pershing Foster, a doctor who left Louisiana in the early 1950s, for Los Angeles. The DuSable Museum Book Club discussions are facilitated by The DuSable Museum Education Council and include a light reception. General Admission is $5.00 and FREE for DuSable Museum Members. For more information or to RSVP, call 773-947-0600 ext. 290.

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MOVIES IN THE PARk: “GLORy” Saturday, June 22, 2013 6:00PM-10:00PMMovies in the Park: “Glory” In commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Juneteenth Celebration, we begin our Movies in the Park series with Glory. Now considered a classic, this 1989 American war film stars Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Matthew Broderick, and Cary Elwes. The story is based on the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first formal unit of the US Army to be made up entirely of African American men, as told from the point of view of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, its commanding officer during the American Civil War. Movies in the Park includes:• free Popcorn• food Vendors• Live DJ • free Museum Tours &

Performances• The DuSable Mobile

Museum

Join us for this fun, relaxing, and impactful evening with family and friends.Come early and bring your lawn chairs/blankets!This is a fREE event.

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CIVIL WAR RE-ENACTMENT ON THE DUSABLE MUSEUM LAWN! Sunday, June 23, 2013 12:00PM-5:00PMCivil War Re-enactment on the DuSable Museum Lawn! During the years 1863 through 1865 of the United States Civil War, approximately 198,000 Colored soldiers and sailors fought bravely for the freedom of their family and themselves as part of the Union Army and Navy. 40,000 of those enlisted men died courageously proving their mettle in notable battles like

The Assault on Fort Wager, Milliken’s Bend, the Battle of Nashville and others. Guided by a since of honor and patriotism, Colored Soldiers helped turn the tide of America’s bloodiest war. In celebration of the brave men and women that fought for liberty and to mend a broken nation, and to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, DuSable Museum is excited to present a spectacular live reenactment on the Museum lawn. Reenactors from the 1st Division Museum and soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment, will be on hand to simulate marches, drills, and other exercises reminiscent of those practiced bythe U.S. Colored Troops and Union soldiers. Museum visitors will have a chance to experience the sights and sounds of history during this day long reenactment filled with authentic artillery, medical units, and horses and cavalrymen! Experience the impressive display in what the men and women of 1st Battalion call, “The Battle Rattle.” Audiences will also be able to interact with, and hear speeches from live historical characters like Fredrick Douglas; celebrated Underground Conductor and Union spy, Harriett Tubman; and President Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln.Don’t miss this once in a lifetime event!This is a fREE event. for more information, call 773-947-0600 ext. 290.

EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE, (cont’d)

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~ Harold Washington

“I have been urged by the earnest pleas of thousands of people to enter this race. Therefore, I hereby declare my candidacy for Mayor of Chicago.”

With those words uttered on

November 10, 1982, Harold Lee

Washington, the man who would

become the first African American

mayor of the “Windy City,”

embarked on a political journey

that was unparalleled to his years

as an Illinois State Senator or a

Congressman in the United States

House of Representatives.

Harold Washington’s life and politi-

cal career left an indelible mark

on the City of Chicago and those

fortunate enough to have known

him. As evidence of his popularity,

several buildings throughout the

City bear his name. His likeness is

a permanent fixture at the Chicago

Public Library System’s central

facility, the Harold Washington

Library Center. However, like many

stories of triumph, Washington’s

journey was studded with obsta-

cles, trying challenges and overt

acts of racism, the likes of which

the polarized City of Chicago had

become infamous for during the

first half of the twentieth century.

A Slow Walk to Greatness: The

Harold Washington Story is an

exhibition about one man’s cour-

age and a city’s deliberate reac-

tion to change. Through personal

artifacts, photographs, campaign

memorabilia, audio clips and

video footage, A Slow Walk to

Greatness, encapsulates the fifty-

five months of Mayor Washington’s

tenure as the City’s top official.

The exhibition also provides insight

into aspects of Washington’s

personal life that contributed to the

groundbreaking moment when the

1983 mayoral race was summa-

rized with the newspaper headline;

“Harold Wins!”

Born on April 15, 1922, to a father

who was a minister, lawyer, and

active in local politics,

Harold Lee Washington learned

the importance of education at

Remembering Harold

By Charles Bethea, COO/Curator

“I hope someday to be remembered by history as the mayor who cared about people and who was, above all, fair.”

Illustration: Courtney Jolliff

Photo inset: Rick Wells Photography

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“An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.”

“A Slow Walk to Greatness”The Harold Washington Exhibit at the DuSable

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a young age. Roy Lee and Bertha Jones Washington

instilled in their children a passion for reading, learning and

the responsibility of public service. A shining example of

that thirst for knowledge could be summed up with the

fact that Harold, an avid reader, had a personal library of

over 60,000 books.

Harold attended DuSable High School on Chicago’s

South Side where he was a decorated track star. While

completing the course work for his diploma, Harold joined

the United States military serving in the 1887th Engineer

Aviation Battalion from 1942 to 1946, rising to the rank of

First Sergeant. While stationed in the South Pacific during

World War II, Harold’s Battalion received the Meritorious

Service Unit Award for building a bomber landing strip on

the island of Anguar in only 20 days.

After being honorably discharged from the service,

Harold enrolled in Roosevelt University and graduated

with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science in

1949. Continuing his educational goals, Harold graduated

from Northwestern University with a law degree in 1952

and became a practicing attorney like his father. One of

his first jobs was Assistant City Prosecutor (Corporation

Counsel) for the City of Chicago from 1954 until 1958.

Later he became an arbitrator for the Illinois Industrial

Commission. During these years, he was also active

politically, beginning in 1954 when he again followed

his father’s example and became a precinct captain in

Chicago’s 3rd Ward.

It is said that “great leaders are born, not made.” The

political career of Harold Washington exemplifies this cli-

ché, for it was not long after serving the people in a num-

ber of elected and appointed positions that the charismat-

ic Harold decided to run for Illinois State Representative in

the 26th District. Easily defeating the incumbent, Harold

served as a representative from 1965 to 1976. A year

later, Harold decided to cross the aisle at the State Capital

leaving the House of Representatives to run for a coveted

senate seat, again representing the 26th District. Winning

another relatively effortless campaign, Senator Washington

was elected to serve the people from 1977 to 1980.

Harold’s time in the Illinois legislature honed his skills as a

dynamic orator. His powers of persuasion in successfully

championing such conflict-ridden legislation as making

the birthday of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., a

state holiday, providing help to elderly and low-income

consumers, and protecting the rights of working men

and women, earned Harold Washington the reputation

of a formidable statesmen. Finding success as a state

legislator, Harold was approached by several promi-

nent individuals who convinced him to run for Mayor of

Chicago. After receiving a scant 11% of the vote in the

1977 primary election, it was clear that Chicago was not

yet ready for an African American to serve as its Chief

Executive.

During his last term in the Illinois senate, Harold decided

to run for an appointment in Washington, D.C. Running

as an independent for the United States Congress, 1st

Congressional District seat in 1981, Harold defeated

the official Democratic candidate. During his first year

in office, the freshman from Illinois was once again

approached by lobbyists encouraging him to enter

the upcoming mayoral race for the City of Chicago.

Convinced that this was a better time to make bid for the

Mayor’s office, Harold Washington announced his candi-

dacy on November 10, 1982.

In 1967, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

identified Chicago as “the northern most racist city.” In

the next decade, little had changed. Chicago still was a

city divided by racism and classism. At the time of Harold

Washington’s 1982 announcement, Chicago was under

the control of a powerful Democratic machine wrought by

political favors and questionable backdoor appointments

that fostered the infamous saying attributed to mobster Al

Capone, “vote early and often.”

Harold Washington embarked on the campaign trail unit-

ing many of the City’s minority communities under the

slogan: “Let’s come together for one City.” Resistance

to Washington’s campaign came swiftly, tinged with

racial overtones. Supporters of Republican candidate

Bernard Epton launched a negative crusade promoting

Washington’s race as opposed to his political qualifica-

tions. Race played such an important factor in the may-

oral campaign that many long-time Democrats decided

to support the largely unknown Epton over a black man.

The negative campaigning with its racial undertones

gained national attention in the media.

Despite the grueling and at times vicious mayoral cam-

paign, Harold Washington won the Democratic primary

election on February 22, 1983 with 36% of the vote,

defeating incumbent mayor, Jane M. Byrne, and Richard

M. Daley (son of four-term mayor Richard J. Daley).


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Harold Washington Statue Photo ByRick Wells Photography

Washington went on to win the general election on April 12,

1983 with 52% of the vote, defeating Epton and Socialist

Worker’s candidate Ed Warren. Harold Washington, the

42nd mayor of the City of Chicago, was inaugurated at Navy

Pier on April 29, 1983.

During Mayor Washington’s campaign, he focused his

attention on two key issues: employment and economic

development. Once in office, the Mayor set out to address

these issues. Washington believed that a concerted effort

to resolve these concerns would bring the City’s various

communities together. Unfortunately, the first few years

of Washington’s term were fraught with obstacles. In what

would eventfully become known as the “Council Wars,”

Mayor Washington had difficulty implementing any of his

policies because the opposition controlled a majority of the

50 aldermanic seats. Washington led the fight for redistrict-

ing of the Wards, which gave minority voters, particularly

African Americans and Hispanics more Council represen-

tation. After a court ruled that several ward boundaries

violated the law, new elections resulted in a more represen-

tative City Council.

Throughout 1986, Mayor Washington gained control of

the Council and was able to initiate new policies such as

an Executive Order increasing minority business contracts,

opening government access with a Freedom of Information

Executive Order, creation of an Ethics Commission, and

equal provision of public services such as repairs to

neighborhood streets, curbs and gutters. The Mayor also

opened up the City’s budget process to include public

participation and input.

Even with control of the Chicago City Council, Washington’s

administration still had to address the difficult problems of

housing, poverty, crime, and white flight to the suburbs.

Mayor Washington’s own style of machine politics was more

inclusive but was by no means completely free of corrup-

tion. Still, under the Washington machine, minority commu-

nities shared greater benefits of public services for the first

time in Chicago’s history.

With charm, magnetism, poise, strength and cunning

political strategies, Harold Washington excelled during his

first term as Mayor. As the end of the term approached, a

groundswell of public support began to surface in Harold’s

favor. The almost “rock-star” status of the Mayor was evi-

dent at the growing number of speaking engagements and

events where crowds chanted, “Har-rold! Har-rold! Har-

rold!,” with thunderous applause. As a gifted politician who

knew how to work a crowd, Harold took every opportunity to

revel in public admiration. The growth in his approval rating,

made the bid for re-election a lot easier.

Harold campaigned under the slogan: “Promises Made,

Promises Kept.” On April 7, 1987, with 53% of the vote,

Mayor Washington beat his opponents in the general elec-

tion. For a second time, Harold Washington was elected

mayor by a population in which African Americans did not

constitute a majority. A testament that Harold’s message of

government reform and unity among Chicago’s residents

together was taking hold. In his second inaugural address,

Mayor Washington commented on this achievement noting

that, “Chicago in four years has brought together black and

white, Asian and Hispanic, male and female, the young, the

old, the disabled, gays and lesbians, Muslims, Christians

and Jews, business leaders and neighborhood activists,

bankers and trade unionists -- all have come together to mix

and contend, to argue and to reason, to confront our prob-

lems and not merely to contain them.”

Mayor Washington also spoke of the new initiatives planned

for his second term. Unfortunately, that term would be cut

short. On November 25, 1987, shortly after returning from

the groundbreaking ceremony for a new housing complex,

Mayor Washington suffered a massive coronary at his desk

in City Hall.

The City of Chicago was in shock as news of Harold’s death

traveled. Along with sadness and grief, conspiracy theories

about a plot to destroy the black mayor who made good on

his vision of uniting the citizens of Chicago were rampant.

Two days after his death, Mayor Washington’s body returned

to City Hall to lie in state. Between November 27 and

November 29, thousands of Chicagoans filed into City Hall

to pay their last respects. On November 30, 1987, Harold

Washington was buried in Oak Woods Cemetery on the

south side of Chicago.

Although Harold Washington did not live to see many of his

plans for the City of Chicago come to fruition, his succes-

sor Mayor Richard M. Daley made good on implementing

several of them. The memory of Harold lives on in the hearts

and minds of Chicagoans, particularly those who remem-

ber his fondness for public speaking. Admire him or not, it

is without challenge that the story of Harold L. Washington

is one of the most interesting chapters in the history of

Chicago. His journey, too short for many, was truly a walk to

political greatness.


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“Dance is universal. You can take it any place and people will understand it, because it’s a language everyone speaks.”

Carmen DeLavallade

DSM Newsletter / Spring / 2013DSM Newsletter / Spring / 2013

The Geoffrey and Carmen Gala photos by: Chaun d.vo


Leo Holder, son of Geoffrey and Carmen, steps in

for his dad and conducts children’s art workshop.

Photos by Abena Photography

An Afternoon with Uncle Geoffrey

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Carmen DeLavallade’s

MasterClass

Carmen DeLavallade puts students through their paces in a Master Class at the Joffrey Ballet

Photos by Olujr Photography



An engaging talk with Tar as he shares anecdotes and

memoirs from his photo shoots with the history makers

featured in his stunning exhibit, “Reflections.” Reflections

is a documentary-style photography series of black

and white photographs of personal living spaces of over

sixty renowned individuals whose lives and careers have

addressed the fundamental political, economic, and

social realities of the 20th century and beyond. In each

photographic image, a mirror is strategically placed as

the subject is reflected in it. The collection includes a

network of luminaries such as legendary photographer

and filmmaker Gordon Parks, dancers Harold and Fayard

Nicholas (The Nicholas Brothers), civil rights activist

Daisy Bates (The Mother of Little Rock Nine), sculptor

Selma H. Burke, and artist, filmmaker, and publisher

An installation of mixed media art

works that bring discussion and action

to the plight of women and children

who are adversely affected by the lack

of rights to clean water – the lack can

be due to either the global water crisis

or living in conflict areas of the world.

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Gallery Talk with T.A.R.

(Terrence A. Reese)

Dust In Their VEINSA Visual Response to the Global Water Crisis

Photos by Dwayne Savage


CALENDAR OF EVENTS DATES AND TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Unless otherwise noted, all events will be at The DuSable Museum, 740 E. 56th Place, Chicago, Illinois 60637. Information for events may be found at www.dusablemuseum.org

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APRILSunday, April 7, 2013“CARMEN & GEOFFREY”DOCUMENTARY SCREENING2:00PM-4:00PMAdmission: fREE RSVP to 773-947-0600 ext. 290.Sponsored by The Chicago Community Trust.

Saturday, April 13, 2013 A NIGHT OF 100 STARS

South Shore Cultural Center6:00PM-MIDNIGHTfor tickets – 773 947-0600 ext 621

Sunday, April 21, 2013 GALLERY TALk WITH T.A.R. (TERRENCE A. REESE) 3:00PM - 5:00PM Admission: fREE Sunday, April 28, 2013Remembering Mayor Harold Washington 2:00PM-5:00PMProgram Admission is $5.00 and fREE for DuSable Museum Members.Sponsored in part by Discover.

MAY Saturday, May 3, 2013 A.W.E.: THE FASHION EDITION

7:00PM-10:00PMAdmission is $10.00. Online ticket sales will be available at the door or through a link on www.dusablemu-seum.org.

Sunday, May 19, 2013THE DUSABLE MUSEUM EDUCATION COUNCIL PRES-ENTS “THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS: THE EPIC STORY OF AMERICA’S GREAT MIGRATION” A DuSable Museum Book Club Discussion 2:00PM-5:00PM General Admission is $5.00 and fREE for DuSable Museum Members. RSVP to 773-947-0600 ext. 290.

JUNESaturday, June 22, 2013MOVIES IN THE PARk: “GLORY”

6:00PM-10:00PM Come early and bring your lawn chairs/blankets!This is a fREE event.

Sunday, June 23, 2013CIVIL WAR RE-ENACTMENT ON THE DUSABLE MUSEUM LAWN! 12:00PM-5:00PMThis is a fREE event.

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DOCENT PAULA DIxON 1942 - 2013

Paula Dixon became a docent at the DuSable Museum in November 2008. She came to the Museum as a very excited, informative, and eager candidate for the Docent Training Program. from the beginning, Paula was exceptionally outgoing and had a straight forward demeanor. Her leadership skills were evident immediately and she eventually became President of the Docent Council and was instrumental in setting up by-laws for the group. She was extremely encouraging and always made sure that the Docent Council put their best foot forward. Paula was a wonderful ambas-sador for the Museum and encouraged everyone from the maintenance staff to the President to “toot the horn” of the DuSable Museum. Her spirit and warmth were infectious and her death has left a hole in the hearts of our Museum family; but we will go on knowing that her spirit is with us. Paula Dixon was a phenomenal woman and she left behind a phenomenal legacy. We will miss her.

The family requests that donations be made to The DuSable Museum in honor of Paula.

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PHOTO LEGEND:1. AWE Artist, kensey

2. MLk Day 20133. DuSable Day Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Dr. Carol Adams DSM

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5. Cast and panelists of The Spook Who Sat by the Door6. Spoken Word Bob Chin

7. Muralist Rahmaan Statik8. Guests enjoying AWE

9. Artist Candace Hunter helps a guest create a collage at AWE10. kiela Smith-Upton AWE Artist

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