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Buried Treasures: Art in African American Museums

lindsey — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:00:59 +0000

Buried Treasures: Art in African American Museums will draw attention to the rich legacy of art produced by African Americans within the collections of 30 African American museums. The exhibition will display approximately 90 works of art including works on canvas and paper, sculpture and mixed media from many noted 19th and early 20th century [...]

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture | Baltimore MD

lindsey — Mon, 14 May 2012 08:05:52 +0000

The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture opened on June 25, 2005 and is named after Reginald F. Lewis (1942-1993), entrepreneur and philanthropist, who served as chair and chief executive officer of TLC Beatrice International, the largest U.S. company owned by an African American during his lifetime. The largest [...]

Sweet Auburn Springfest, Atlanta, GA

lindsey — Fri, 11 May 2012 08:00:53 +0000

Source: Pullen Library, Georgia State University Drawing nearly a half a million people to Atlanta’s Martin Luther King/Sweet Auburn Historical District over three days each year in May, the 27th Annual Sweet Auburn Springfest officially kicks off Atlanta’s big summer festival season. Local business leaders, entertainers, artists, civil rights advocates and community activists are set to [...]

2012 Ford Freedom Award | Detroit, MI

lindsey — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:53:36 +0000

Each year, Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services in cooperation with the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History give the Ford Freedom Award posthumously to honorees who have dedicated their life to improving the African American community and the world at large through their chosen fields (arts, humanities, religion, business, politics, science [...]

Wings for this Man

lindsey — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:17:36 +0000

Wings for this Man is a propaganda film produced in 1945 by the U.S. Army Air Forces First Motion Picture Unit about the Tuskegee Airmen, the first unit of African-American pilots in the US military. It’s narrated by Ronald Reagan. Beginning with dramatic footage of aerial combat over Italy, showing an outnumbered American squadron successfully [...]

Herndon Home, Atlanta GA

lindsey — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:59:59 +0000

Completed in 1910, the Herndon Home, was the residence of Alonzo Herndon and his family. Herdon was a former slave raised in a sharecropping family after the Civil War. Herndon studied barbering, and owned and managed a string of barbershops in downtown Atlanta after the Civil War, one of which was considered to be the [...]