Martin Luther King Vision Day and Black History Month Events

7 p.m.

This multimedia concert performance and joyous celebration of music, spoken-word, and visuals is based on Langston Hughes's kaleidoscopic poem suite, “Ask Your Mama - 12 Moods for Jazz” -- Hughes's homage in verse and music to the struggle for artistic and social freedom at the beginning of the 1960s. The poem is Langston Hughes’ response to the juxtaposition of the Black explosion in the cultural arts of the 1960s vis-à-vis the racial and social injustice of those times.

A question and answer session about the performance will be held on Zoom at 8:15pm following the concert.  Register here for the Q&A session.

5 p.m. via Zoom. Pre-registration is required. 

Register here

New York Times Bestselling Author & Chair of Princeton’s Department of African American Studies. The Black History Month Keynote is sponsored by BMO Harris Bank and Nicor Corporation.

Virtual Teach-In

9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

The Teach-In is meant to engage the community in learning and conversation about topics such as race, anti-racism, equity, inclusion and Dr. King's goals of peace and justice.  Pre-registration is required.

Session Descriptions

The Teach-In is sponsored by Nicor Corporation and a generous grant from Healing Illinois, an initiative of the Illinois Department of Human Services in partnership with the Chicago Community Trust.

Speaker:  Kijuana Johnson '94 Boulrece, therapist and community educational advocate
12 p.m.

The luncheon will be broadcast at 12pm on this webpage as well as on the North Central College Youtube channel. The luncheon is sponsored by BMO Harris Bank and Nicor Corporation