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Soul of the Butterfly: Chicory Magazine and Baltimore’s Black Arts Activism: Home

This research guide focuses on the content of the travelling exhibit about a poetry magazine published by Pratt Library 1966-1983.

“the most authentic microphone of black people talking ever devised” —Baltimore Afro-American newspaper on Chicory, 1969.

 

What was Chicory? What does the Chicory Revitalization Project Do?

"Chicory magazine captured the words, passions, debates, and anger of Black Baltimore from 1966-1983. Published by the Enoch Pratt Free Library, this community poetry magazine offers a window into a tumultuous time in Baltimore and the nation’s history through the voices of people often left out of the historical record. Since 2018, the Chicory Revitalization Project has used Chicory to spur conversations about place, race, and social justice in Baltimore."