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An Unfinished Journey - African American Music in Its Pivotal Decades
One Book, One Community
Thursday, February 06
7:00pm - 8:00pm
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2025-02-06 19:00:00
2025-02-06 20:00:00
America/Chicago
An Unfinished Journey - African American Music in Its Pivotal Decades
Central Library - Rasmussen Room
Central Library
Rasmussen RoomA multimedia concert by Chicago native Clarence Goodman that combines music and storytelling to highlight African American music across 400 years of history. The performance covers pivotal moments such as slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights Movement, and other times of societal change. Goodman performs and discusses songs from these periods, providing insight into the music and its significance.
About the performer: Musician, historian, and radio personality Clarence Goodman has been all over the place and all over the map. From entertaining senior citizens at retirement communities to performing at wine bars, and from giving "virtual tours" based on Chicago history to leading actual physical tours around the Windy City and to hosting inciteful, provocative radio programs, he has quickly earned a reputation since returning to his hometown.
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The Schaumburg Township District Library serves in excess of 134,000 residents in portions of the municipalities Elk Grove Village, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg and Streamwood. With over 1 million visitors each year, the library circulates over 2,000,000 items annually and is the second largest public library in the state of Illinois.
