{"id":35,"date":"2023-12-06T00:07:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T00:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-d.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/?p=35"},"modified":"2024-01-16T19:37:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T19:37:40","slug":"chicory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/2023\/12\/06\/chicory\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Designer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Various designers, via Enoch Pratt library<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Years<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1966-83<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Client<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Baltimore City Residents \/ Enoch Pratt Library<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beginning its run during a time of political upheaval in the late 1960s, Chicory was a literary magazine published by the Enoch-Pratt Free Library containing poetry, conversations, essays, and other works. Its purpose was to create a space for residents of East Baltimore to express themselves in their own words, to \u201creflect the music of the language of the inner city\u201d and offer a view of the world through the lens of working-class Baltimore residents. A wide array of topics were included in the magazine: reflections on police brutality, the civil rights movement, Vietnam War, but also day-to-day life and expressions of joy and romance. Much of the cover art and photography, as well as writings contained within each issue were inspired by the Black Arts Movement and throughout its run an evolution in its style can be seen. Over time, word spread through the community, and it became a project that involved the whole city until funding ran out after its final issue in winter 1983. One could read through any of these issues and find parallels to today\u2019s issues, leading us to reflect on what has changed in the decades since\u2014and what has remained much the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources Cited<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prattlibrary.org\/chicory\">https:\/\/collections.digitalmaryland.org\/digital\/collection\/mdcy\/<br>https:\/\/www.prattlibrary.org\/chicory<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"89\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/2newspaper-10th-anniversary-Melissa-Baley-766x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cover page for November 1976 issue of Chicory magazine, the 10th anniversary issue. The background is a dark gold and a black rectangular frame takes up most of the space, with title text over the top of the rectangle and &quot;10th anniversary issue&quot; below it. Inside the frame is a detailed black-and-white illustration of flowers growing up from the ground, with people's faces interspersed among them\" class=\"wp-image-89\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"93\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/2newspaper-march-1968-Melissa-Baley-763x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"91\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/2newspaper-april-1974-Melissa-Baley-782x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"92\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/2newspaper-jan-1971-Melissa-Baley.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"94\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/2newspaper-may-1974-Melissa-Baley-779x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designer Various designers, via Enoch Pratt library Years 1966-83 Client Baltimore City Residents \/ Enoch Pratt Library Beginning its run during a time of political upheaval in the late 1960s, Chicory was a literary magazine published by the Enoch-Pratt Free Library containing poetry, conversations, essays, and other works. Its purpose was to create a space&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/2023\/12\/06\/chicory\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chicory<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5259,"featured_media":93,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9,10,11,20,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions\/162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}