Will To Adorn

The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity Festival program is produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage in partnership with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Education and Access and the National Museum of African American History and Culture. God’s Gang and Bronzeville Historical Society is collaborating to provide the 2014 Chicago area field research for the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, for “The Will to Adorn” project, which explores the significance of adornment and the dress arts in the African-American community. God’s Gang members Izekil, Malik and Michelle are three youth historians that have taken leadership to record stories of individuals, artists, artisans, and style exemplars attending various area events.