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• Wynona Redmond, Communications Engagement Strategist, Joins Who’s Who In Black Chicago as Associate Publisher

  19-06-2023 18:37
  
  Who’s Who In Black Chicago returns to continue its longstanding tradition of celebrating the excellence of African American industry professionals within the Chicago community. The brand is pleased to announce that Wynona Redmond, President of Wyn-Win, will serve as its Associate Publisher for its special events, programs, and content.
  Ms. Redmond is highly regarded for her 30 plus years of connecting corporations to communities. Through Wyn-Win, she has provided strategic consulting to co
  
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• RECLAMATION: Andrew McCutchen rightfully will be part of Pirates lore forever

  19-06-2023 15:55
  
  ANDREW MCCUTCHEN SALUTES THE PNC PARK CROWD AFTER GETTING HIS 2,000TH HIT, JUNE 11. (PHOTO COURTESY PITTSBURGH PIRATES)
  The Pittsburgh Pirates and MLB great Andrew Stefan McCutchen recently achieved the feat of collecting 2,000 hits in his career. It occurred on a sunny day at PNC Park, Cutch’s first at-bat in the first inning against the New York Mets on Sunday, June 11.
  However, that endeavor was far more than just a mere statistic joining other MLB statistics. The fact that Andrew McCut
  
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• Born inside a vulnerable brutalism

  19-06-2023 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Like a brutalist architect, Toby Altman is working with unrefined materials. In Discipline Park, his second full-length poetry collection, Altman choreographs a dynamic dance between sentimentality and brutalism by documenting the wounds of architecture—fixating on his birthplace: Chicago’s demolished Prentice Women’s Hospital. “Wagering that concrete or plywood might serve as the entrails of the world,” […]
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• BIN Explains: A Brief History Of The Juneteenth Holiday

  19-06-2023 14:00
  
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  Juneteenth has traditionally been recognized as a regional holiday among Black communities in Texas and across the South. However, it has grown to reach communities across the country in recent years. As the holiday touches more and more people each year, it’s important to discuss how the holiday came to be, what it means, and how it continues to evolve.
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  January 1, 1863, is commonly known as “Freedom’s Eve” because i
  
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• Detroit rapper Icewear Vezzo parks himself at center stage

  19-06-2023 13:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Detroit Pistons promoted their 2021-’22 season with a campaign called “We Hustle Different,” which aimed to build civic pride in part with halftime performances by local rappers. “It’s always super important for us to be authentic to the city, to the fans, to the community,” the team’s senior vice president of marketing, Alicia Jeffreys, […]
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• ‘1619: The Journey of a People’ Plays at UChicago on Juneteenth

  19-06-2023 12:08
  
  “August 20, 1619, 20 Africans arrived in Point Comfort, Virginia on a Dutch ship.” 
  This is the opening line from Ted Williams III’s acclaimed “1619: The Journey of a People, a Musical,” which plays on Juneteenth at the University of Chicago’s Logan Center for the Arts.
  This musical highlights the tragedies and triumphs of the African-American experience since 1619 when the first enslaved Africans arrived in America.
  “What I wanted to do with our mu
  
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