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JoVonna Jackson, an Englewood mosaic artist, sat in a booth at Kusanya Cafe on Green and 69th street. Jackson took off her glasses and began to scrape off the drops of glue that recently dried on them. Across from her, Bronzeville photographer Glenn Willoughby set his Nikon camera on the booth’s table.

Attendees filtered into a gymnasium at Englewood's Hamilton Park Cultural Center on a recent Friday night to screen “The Light of Truth: Richard Hunt's Monument to Ida B. Wells,” which won the Audience Choice award at the 2024 Chicago International Film Festival. The award-winning film intertwines Richard Hunt’s legacy with another Chicago legend – Ida B. Wells.