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Thurs. May 31st, 6:00 pm
The Oakwood Center, 3825 S. Vincennes
Chicago, IL 60653
Michelle Duster, Chicago Women’s History Center board member and great granddaughter of Ida B. Wells, is working with a committee to finish raising money for a monumental sculpture honoring Wells, Chicago’s great journalist, suffragist, civil rights leader, and anti-lynching activist.
Recent national attention to Wells, including her place as the first woman profiled in the New York Times’ “Overlooked Obituaries” series, helped create momentum for the campaign. The Ida B. Wells Commemorative Art Committee, of which Duster is a part, launched a Gofundme campaign to complete fundraising for the monument.
Richard Hunt, world-renowned sculptor and native Chicagoan, will create the monumental sculpture which will be installed in a park-like setting in the heart of the Oakwood Shores community in Bronzeville. The monument will be located on the former site of the Ida B. Wells public housing development. Hunt’s abstract sculpture will soar at least 20 feet and be mounted on a large base containing the image of Ida B. Wells and excerpts of her writings. A later phase of the project will include the development of smaller, interactive pieces created to explore the life, work, and thought of Wells in a reflective manner.
The committee will share more information about the monument project at a special event on Thurs May 31st, 6:00 pm, at the Oakwood Center, 3825 S. Vincennes, Chicago.
Included will be presentations by Nikole Hannah-Jones, investigative reporter and correspondent for the New York Times Magazine focusing on racial injustice and civil rights and 2017 MacArthur Fellow, and sculptor Richard Hunt.
The event is free, but reservations are required: To RSVP
The Ida B. Wells Commemorative Art Committee needs your help to make this important monument possible. To make a contribution: IBW-Monument
For a great article by Michelle Duster about her great-grandmother: IdaBWells
For more information about the project see: www.idabwellsmonument.org
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