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MIGRATION: THE MUSICAL - Calling My Children Home

Honorary Co-Chairs Timuel Black and Val Gray Ward
Special Guest Hosts Tony Burroughs and Sam Greenlee
Invite You To Migration: The Musical - Calling My Children Home

Doors Open at 1:00

First Show Performance 1:45 Reception 2:45
Second Show Reception 2:45 Performance 3:45

Complimentary Tickets Available For Qualifying Groups

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Possibly the most underreported high-impact event in American history the 60 year mass movement of African Americans from the south! The Great Migration changed the course of history and reshaped black life from LA to NYC. Between 1916 and 1970 more than 6 million African Americans migrated "upsouth" seeking freedom and enterprise. Did they find it?

Come experience "Migration: The Musical Calling My Children Home", a tableau of West Woodlawn, Chicago then and now. Meet the old settlers and newcomers through stories, music, and photographs curated by the Blacks in Green summer cohort.

Talk-back with storytellers and creative crew. Learn how to start a Story Circle in your walkable-village. Join the team making of "Migration: The Musical" in a one-year process of community performance not seen in Chicago since Scrap Metal Soul with Studs Terkel. Learn BIG's workforce development model for teaching the 8 marketable job skills of theater.

Or just come enjoy this next relaxed green-village-building show in our series of "grannynomic development jams."

Meet founding members of the West Woodlawn Historic & Preservation Society. Have a plate by the famous Tsadakeeyah, official chef of Blacks in Green and enjoy a glass of wine or punch. Take away a historic "Made in West Woodlawn" memento.

Bronzeville historian emeritus, Professor Timuel Black underscores the importance of projects like these. "They're an example of those who understand the importance of recapturing not just the history, but the area in which West Woodlawn and its history evolved."

The "show with supper and surprises" will be held on Saturday, August 27th at the DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 East 56th Place, Chicago.

The green-village-building micro-expo runs from 1:00 to 5:00pm. Performances with talk-back are scheduled 1:45, 2:45, and 3:45.

Ticket prices include reservations for 1 of the 3 performances, a small plate, glass of wine, and "Made in West Woodlawn" memento. Tickets are $25 general admission, with complimentary tickets available for qualifying groups. Call 773-678-9541, yvonne@blacksingreen.org or online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/189063.

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DuSable Museum (View)
740 East 56th Place
Chicago , IL 60637
United States

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