Friday 6/21 – Thursday 6/27
22 SATURDAY There are 70,000 books, 400 periodical titles, and more than 5,000 reels of microfilm in the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, which Harsh–the city’s first black librarian–started assembling when she was named head of the George Cleveland Hall branch back in 1932. These days the collection is housed at the Woodson Regional Library on South Halsted, and today the Vivian G. Harsh Society holds its annual Black Music Month celebration and fund-raising breakfast, the theme of which is “The Universal Appeal of Black Music.” This year’s honorees include activist, union leader, gospel pianist, and minister Addie L. Wyatt, minister, playwright, and gospel recording artist Mitty Collier, gospel singer Sister Vernon Oliver Price, and composer, musician, and poet Oscar Brown Jr. It’s from 8:30 to noon at Harambee House, 11901 S. Loomis. Tickets are $25; call 312-745-2080.
