1919 - Eve L. Ewing torrent

Category: Adults, Poetry
Language: English
Keywords: Race Social Justice

Written by Eve L. Ewing
Read by Eve L. Ewing
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

NPR Best Books of 2019

Poetic reflections on race, class, violence, segregation, and the hidden histories that shape our divided urban landscapes.

The Chicago Race Riot of 1919, the most intense of the riots comprising the nation’s Red Summer, has shaped the last century but is not widely discussed. In 1919, award-winning poet Eve L. Ewing explores the story of this event - which lasted eight days and resulted in 38 deaths and almost 500 injuries - through poems recounting the stories of everyday people trying to survive and thrive in the city. Ewing uses speculative and Afrofuturist lenses to recast history and illuminates the thin line between the past and the present.

Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
Release date: 01-21-20