THE INSTITUTE OF MARKING AND MEASURING  
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A ritual re-reading of the Congressional testimony from the 1917 East St. Louis Race Riot commission. Excerpts were selected by our collaborators and read in the contemporary locations to which the historical testimonies refer. In most cases, the spaces referred to in the 1917 tesimony have been all but dismantled by a century of racially motivated erasure and systemic neglect.
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Lore’al Perkins and Denise Ward-Brown during video shoot at site referred to in Mineola McGee's testimony.
Treasure Shields Redmond discussing the role of voice and presence in the recovery of narrative.
So many thanks to the entire crew!
   

Recitation
Jesse Vogler
Treasure Shields Redmond

Featured Collaborators
 Katherine Miles
Rodericka Olden
Lore’al Perkins
Terraine Simmons
Alajah Vales
Toyreale Williams

Special Thanks
 Carolyn Kribs
Instructor, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
East St. Louis Charter High School Social Studies Faculty

Videography
 Denise Ward Brown
with Terri Williams

Screenings
East St. Louis Centennial Conference
May 2017

Funding Support
Mellon Foundation
The Divided City
WashU Center for the Humanities
Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Art