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Useni Eugene Perkins

Interview with Useni Eugene Perkins conducted June 4, 2009, at his home in Chicago, Illinois. Useni is a long-time poet, playwright, social worker, and civil rights activist who worked extensively during the Chicago Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and '70s.

Warren Holmes

Interview with Warren Holmes conducted May 7, 2009, at his home in Frankfort, Illinois. Warren is the author of The Warrior's Belt: Memoirs of Jean Baptiste Pointe DuDable. As one of the founding members of the Perspectivists, the oldest continuously running writers' collective in Chicago, Warren has had a profound impact on the writers in this area.