Common kicks off Chicago Black History Month celebration with discussion of new book ...Middle East

The Chicago Public Library kicked off their annual Black History Month celebration Monday evening at the Harold Washington Library with a discussion about Common‘s 3rd book, “And Then We Rise.” The title pays homage to “And Still I Rise,” a poem written by Dr. Maya Angelou, one of his favorite writers, “along with Nikki Giovanni, James Baldwin, Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison,” said Common. “Her words always affected me. I think it’s one of the reasons, whether I knew it or not, that I got into writing myself.” Common said he wrote this book to inspire people to really take care of themselves. “Self-help and self-love is not just an act for you. It’s like something you’re doing fo

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