Within weeks of the 2020 murder of George Floyd, leaders of several prominent Chicago cultural institutions pledged to do more to actively challenge racial discrimination in the arts.

The Art Institute of Chicago, one of the most-visited destinations in the city, confessed to historically excluding artists of color and promised to elevate underrepresented talent. Steppenwolf Theatre vowed to diversify the stories it staged , while Merit School of Music and the Obama Foundation made plans to become antiracist organizations.

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