A New Freedom: Black Voices Honoring Juneteenth in a Time of Struggle

Free livestream on Friday, June 19, at 6:00 p.m. on Facebook and YouTube

Chicago Children’s Choir (CCC), a nationally recognized nonprofit founded in Hyde Park in direct response to the Civil Rights Movement in 1956, announces “A New Freedom: Black Voices Honoring Juneteenth in a Time of Struggle,” a free virtual concert of music and spoken word in honor of Juneteenth on Friday, June 19, at 6:00 p.m. Featuring performances from Black CCC alumni, the concert is curated by CCC Englewood Neighborhood Choir & In School Conductor Lonnie Norwood, CCC Alumna Tramaine Parker, and CCC Associate Artistic Director Mark Myers.

Founded in direct response to the Civil Rights Movement in 1956, Chicago Children’s Choir unequivocally asserts that Black Lives Matter.

Juneteenth celebrates dutiful resistance to systemic oppression and criminalization of Black skin and the resilience of the ancestors who endeavored to stand at fatal risk for the freedoms that Civil Rights leaders and Black Lives Matter protesters fight for today.

We hope that our group of acclaimed Black CCC alumni inspires others to take action against long-standing injustice,” said Josephine Lee, Chicago Children’s Choir President and Artistic Director.

Chicago Children’s Choir (CCC) has grown from one choir into a vast network of in-school and after-school programs driven by one mission: to inspire and change lives through music.