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Lennix grew up on Chicago’s South Side, and graduated from Northwestern University. He worked as an elementary school music teacher before his storied acting career took off. He s appeared in numerous productions in Chicago and around the country, as well as countless movies and television shows. Along the way, Lennix met TaRon Patton, who at the time was executive director of Congo Square Theatre.  “‘Hey Harry, I want a theater for the Congo Square Theatre Company, whom I have been associated with for 20 years now, Lennix recalled of the initial conversation between him and Patton. The two joined forces and decided they also wanted to create a type of repository to archive the history of Blacks in the performing arts. That’s how the African American Museum for The Performing Arts became part of their project. Patton is the executive director.

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