Scholars, Artists and Family to be Present

What: CLHOF's 5th Annual Induction Ceremony

When: Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, 7–9 p.m.

Where: Roosevelt University's Ganz Hall, 430 S. Michigan Ave., 7th Floor

How: Register to Ensure Your Seating

PROGRAM

• Rick Kogan — Opening Remarks
• Herbert K. Russell — Presenting for Edgar Lee Masters
• Nellie Ognacevic — Reading Lydia Puckett, Pauline Barrett and Lucinda Matlock from Spoon River Anthology
• President Teresa Amott — Accepting on behalf of Knox College for Edgar Lee Masters
• Useni Eugene Perkins — Presenting for Margaret Walker
• Sandra Seaton — Reading from Margaret Walker’s For My People
• Marion Coleman — Accepting for her mother Margaret Walker
• Bayo Ojikutu — Presenting for Willard Motley
• Leslie Holland Pryor — Reading from her great-grand uncle Willard Motley’s Knock On Any Door
• K. Sheldon Bailey — Accepting for his great uncle Willard Motley
• Carolyn Saper — Presenting the Rutledge Awards prizes
• Kathleen Rooney — Presenting for Margaret Anderson
• Cynthia Judge — Performing from June Skinner Sawyers’ Life Without Roses
• Nell Taylor — Accepting on behalf of the Read/Write Library for Margaret Anderson
• Dmitry Samarov — Presenting for Shel Silverstein
• Mitch Myers — Accepting for his uncle Shel Silverstein
• Marta Collazo — Presenting for David Hernandez and reading Why I Deal Words

Batya and Matea Hernandez will be among the many family member on hand to celebrate.

• Julie Parson-Nesbitt — Reading David Hernandez’s The Day Chicago Blew Up
• Jaime Diego Rivera — Reading David Hernandez’s Rooftop Piper and Kid Love
• Matea Collazo — Playing violin to accompany her father’s poetry
• Batya Hernandez — Accepting for her husband David Hernandez
• Rick Kogan — Closing