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Baltimore's Black Arts Then & Now: Behind the Scenes of a Collaborative Public Humanities Project

Baltimore's Black Arts Then & Now: Behind the Scenes of a Collaborative Public Humanities Project

Rizzo, Mary

Paperback

Series: Humanities and Public Life

Black American HistoryLiterary CriticismBlack American Studies

Publisher Price: $35.00

ISBN10: 1685970591
ISBN13: 9781685970598
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: Apr 21 2026
Pages: 294
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.83 Width: 6.01 Depth: 9.01
Language: English
Baltimore's Black Arts Then & Now brings to life the Chicory Revitalization Project, a public humanities initiative that revives Baltimore's historic Chicory magazine. From 1966 to 1983, Chicory served as a powerful voice for working-class Black communities, capturing their thoughts, struggles, and dreams through unedited poetry and street chatter. Dubbed the most authentic microphone of black folks talking ever devised by the Baltimore Afro-American newspaper, Chicory emerged from the liberalism of the War on Poverty and the militance of the Black Arts Movement.

Since 2017, a group of former Chicory editors, scholars, librarians, poets, teachers, and young writers have collaborated to use Chicory as a catalyst for intergenerational dialogue on social justice, race, and place. Baltimore's Black Arts Then & Now documents this joint effort, offering valuable insights for public historians, educators, and humanists.

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