he phrase ‘Fix it Up, Don’t Tear it Down’—also the title of a painting by Chicago artist Nikko Washington—entered my mind as I watched The Area. Just as Washington’s visual protest paid homage to the now-demolished and gentrified Cabrini-Green homes, reflecting the emotion of its residents, the conversation around erasure of neighborhoods and displacement of […]
LaToya Cross
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Illuminating Gwendolyn Brooks
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