These events are organized by Maxwell Street Bluesman and activist/evangelist Clarence Lil Scotty Scott, with the help of the Maxwell Street Historic Preservation Coalition and the Coalition to Protect Public Housing, to be part of Black History Month.

This march is to show UIC, the City of Chicago, and the world that grassroots people in Chicago are going to fight to get old Maxwell Street back. Maxwell Street is an historic multi-cultural meeting place and the birthplace of urban electrified blues, Chicago's greatest cultural contribution to the world.

Lil Scotty says, "The heritage of Maxwell Street does not belong to UIC! It is not theirs to destroy. It's a living landmark for the entire world to enjoy, especially the low income peoples. The blues on Maxwell Street is the real thing. It brought us together. Let no man take us apart."

PROTEST MARCH: Sunday, Feb 27 at Noon. Starts at Roosevelt and State Street. We will march to Maxwell and Halsted Streets, about a mile away. Speakers and Blues jam to follow if weather permits.

BLUES BENEFIT: Sunday, Feb 27 at 7PM at the Checkerboard Lounge, Martin Luther King Drive and 43^th Street. 423 E. 43rd Street, Chicago, Tel: (773) 624-3240

• Musicians coming to play: Junk Yard Dog, B.B. Jones, Manual Arrington, Jimmy Mayes, Shirley King, Jimmie Lee Robinson, Frank Little Sonny Scott Jr., Johnnie Mae Dunson, Little Mack Simmons, Little Al Thomas, Little Wolf, Lil Scotty, Kid Dynamite, Rene Maxwell, Ricky Red, and others.

Click here to see a copy of Lil Scotty's flier (37K) - a piece of folk art.

Excerpts from Lil Scotty's flier:

Let's take Maxwell Back

For more information contact Lil Scotty, PH: 773-526-6002, ext 324 or Steve Balkin, PH: 312-341-3696; Email <mar@openair.org>

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