Internal tough and tumble journalistic warfare. Garvey announced his intention of invading chicago. He rented the eighth regiment armory in a building that still exists. Garvey got on the platform and denounced abbott more vigorously than before. At the close of the meeting he was arrested for selling stock in the black star steamship line in violation of the illinois. Sky law, stock certificates and shares and later claimed the arrest had been engineered by abbott who he said had arranged to have a detective in the guise of a prospect of investor and insist on purchasing stock from the leader of the un i a to intimidate him. Gobby departed from the city never to return. His one and only trip to chicago. Lastly, therefore, final cultural chapters to the book. Is okay to read ahead. These the best chapters in the book. Chapters on literature, theater, music and one called rhythm, the black jazz and blues. This one, who wrote two of the four cultural chapters outlined the old days of the
Carter g. Woodson library in chicago. We thank you for being here today. Its such a joy to have this project between book covers now. You know, its been so long. And, you know, weve been talking with michael, you know, and eventually going get this project done. Each step of the way he keeps saying, you know, one day were going have that big event at the library. Here we are. Its finally here. So im happy to have all of you here with me today. And thank you for coming out on a saturday afternoon. Today i want to begin by talking about how i found this project. Sort of how it found me. Tell some of the background how the negro in illinois was conceived. The individuals who carried it out, then read some passages from the book. My wife and i moved to town to 2004 to urbana champagne, it didnt take me too long to find the Harsh Research Collection. It was straight up the interstate. I came here pretty promptly. I was interested in a fascinating figure. He had been a harlem renaissance poe
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