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Atlanta Public Library Hosting Virtual Musical Event

Tonight the Atlanta Public Library and Museum will be hosting an Award-winning musician and folklorist for a remote performance. 

 

Chris Vallillo will perform via a live stream performance at 7:00 PM on the library's Facebook page. The library has hosted him twice to great acclaim in the Library’s Loft at Union Hall, and this concert offers a timely look at the music of the Civil Rights Movement.  

 

The performance is possible thanks to a grant from the Illinois Humanities through its Road Scholars program. Community programs of the Atlanta Public Library are also supported in part by a grant from the Illinois Prairie Community Foundation Mirza Arts & Culture Fund.

 

The Civil Rights Movement has been described as one of the greatest singing movements this country has experienced.  From We Shall Overcome to This Little Light of Mine, music played a vital role in that historic struggle both as an inspirational rallying point and as a way to spread the message of equality and justice.  

 

The live-streamed event features pivotal songs from the music that inspired and sustained this landmark movement.  Intermixed with the music, Vallillo also will share first-hand accounts and historic images of the historic struggle and discusses the impact of music on our nation’s most important social cause.

 

For more information, contact the Library at 217-648-2112.  Check their Facebook page. 

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