The Moline Public Library welcomes Coleman Harris, Dorian Byrd, and Shellie Moore Guy as they present Celebrating Langston Hughes on Tuesday, April 22nd at 6:30 p.m. Poet and storyteller Ms. Guy, musician and composer Mr. Harris, and dancer Ms. Byrd will collaborate to bring to life the words of one of America's greatest men of letters.
This performance is presented as part of the six-week series Created Equal and Changing America, which explores our nation's civil rights history through film, exhibition, and presentations. More information about the series can be found at molinelibrary.com/createdequal
Pianist Coleman Harris has performed his blend of classical, New Age, and jazz music both locally and internationally. He is an associate professor at Black Hawk College and earned his master's degree in counseling education from Western Illinois University. A lifelong dancer, Dorian Byrd studied at Wayne State and Julliard, and earned a master's degree from the University of Iowa. She has taught and performed internationally, including in her current position at Augustana College. Quad City Poet Laureate Shellie Moore Guy serves as the Director of the Healing Waters Empowerment Project. She has worked as a community organizer and creator of youth and artistic programs throughout the Quad Cities.
Created Equal: America's Civil Rights Struggle is made possible through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, as part of its Bridging Cultures initiative, in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Changing America is presented by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture and the National Museum of American History in collaboration with the American Library Association Public Programs Office. The traveling exhibition is made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Local support for Created Equal and Changing America has been provided by Friends of the Moline Public Library, WQPT, and The Moline Dispatch/Rock Island Argus/QCOnline.
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