Today I felt very honored to have been invited to participate in the DuSable Museum of African American History and Chicago History Museum's stage at the 31st beach commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 on behalf of Lethal Poetry. I'm also glad to have connected with the future +nauts and -nots that I'll be collaborating with in the future! Thanks for coming to talk to me after the performance! . HISTORY LESSON! The Chicago Race Riot began at the Twenty-ninth Street beach when a white man threw a rock at Eugene Williams, an African American teen, striking him and causing him to drown. After seven days of shootings, arson, and beatings, thirty-eight people were slain with an additional 537 injured. CHM assistant curator Julius L. Jones recounts the most violent week in Chicago history and its legacy of activism in this photo essay. #Chi1919 . . #BlackLivesMatter #euginewilliams #rip #BlackHistoryMatters #blm #blackboys #blackpolitics #equality #civilrights #postwar #redsummer #chicagostreets #chicagoraceriots #raceriots #chicagohistory #blackhistory #bhm #blackhistorymonth #illinoishistory #jimcrow #jimcrowlaws #whitesupremecy #whiteracism #blackracism #prejudice #riots #protest https://www.instagram.com/p/B0cqU-wnF2c/?igshid=1u3bvpnads2wi