Poetry UNPLUGGED Legacy Series – Jay Williams
The “Poetry UNPLUGGED Legacy Series Showcase” featuring Jay Williams is happening on Saturday, July 26, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM CDT at America’s Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee, WI. The event is hosted by Kwabena Antoine Nixon and Denise Smith. Jay Williams will be the featured poet of the evening.
The night will also include:
– Milwaukee’s iconic truth-teller Miss Jazzi
– With a dynamic lineup of poets from Milwaukee and across the nation
This isn’t just a show. It’s a gathering of purpose, poetry, and power.
Seats will move. Hearts will open. Minds will shift.
Where Legacy Speaks. Where Culture Heals.
For over two decades, (POETRY) Unplugged has been more than an event—it’s been a movement. A sanctuary. A cultural heartbeat. Born in Milwaukee, raised on purpose, and rooted in truth, it has uplifted generations of voices, carved safe spaces for expression, and become a beacon for Black storytelling and survival.
This year, we honor that journey in a sacred collaboration with America’s Black Holocaust Museum—a space built to preserve, protect, and proclaim our history. This partnership is powerful and intentional: where our words meet our witness, where artistic legacy stands shoulder-to-shoulder with historical truth.
Together, we create not just an event, but a moment of reckoning, remembrance, and rebirth.