Teacher Jon Pettis, in the tan jacket, leads the drum circle at the Churchill School Black History month event on Feb. 26. Orchestra teacher Bryson Robinson-Levant and Churchill Elementary parent Laura Miller play instruments behind him. (Nick Ulanowski H-F Chronicle)
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Churchill Black History event features live music, art, vendors and student projects

Hundreds of community members, about a dozen local Black-owned businesses and student musicians from Homewood and Flossmoor schools gathered at Winston Churchill Elementary School for the annual Black History Museum Night on Thursday, Feb. 26.

The halls were lined with student-made posters celebrating Black historical and contemporary figures. The event also featured a drum circle for attendees to join, live performances by youth musicians and Churchill students creating artwork.

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