Chicago elementary school students perform "Heroes of the Harlem Renaissance" show for Black History Month.

Source CBS Local
Original Load Date Feb. 27, 2026, 8 p.m.
Last Updated Feb. 27, 2026, 8 p.m.
Original URL https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-elementary-school-students-heroes-of-the-harlem-renaissance-black-history-month/

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A group of South Side elementary school students ended Black History Month by staging and performing "Heroes of the Harlem Renaissance," doing everything from stage crew to starring in the production. Jhaianne Cooper is the creative mind at Mount Vernon Elementary School on the Far South Side that ...