EXHIBITION AT The Black Midwest Symposium
Black Chicagoland will be featured at the Third Biennial Black Midwest Symposium: Adaptive Reuse: Reimagining Black Futures in the Midwest, which will take place October 18-19, 2024 at the Dayton Metro Library in Dayton, Ohio. The Black Midwest Initiative hosts a biennial symposium that features artists, activists, academics, and other community-involved people to discuss issues related to Black life in the Midwest.
The Black Midwest Initiative is a progressive collective of scholars, students, activists, organizers, and community-involved people who are committed to advocating for the lives of people of African descent as they are situated throughout the Midwest and Rust Belt regions of the United States. The Black Midwest Initiative is housed in and supported by Black Studies at the University of Illinois Chicago.
galleries
in color
in absence of
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click the link below to view images from our "in color" gallery. we recommend viewing these images on a computer for optimal engagement with the scale of Black chicagoness that grounds us and our work.
in absence of
in absence of
in absence of
click the link below to view images from our "in absence of" gallery. we recommend viewing these images on a computer for optimal engagement with the scale of Black chicagoness that grounds us and our work.
who are we?
april
the jacksons
the jacksons
i am a third generation Black chicagolander and a postdoctoral scholar in the department of sociology and fellow with the mansueto institute at the university of chicago.
the jacksons
the jacksons
the jacksons
we are a married couple who work across various mediums, including photography, music, geosonicology, acoustic ecologies, geomusicology, geography, ethnographic methods, and Black storytelling.
roderick
the jacksons
roderick
i am a second generation Black chicagolander and phd student at university of california, berkeley in the department of african american sudies.