Discover Black Heritage 2007: A Year in Review
January 5, 2008 by lindsey
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JANUARY
- Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, Atlanta GA
- Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home, Atlanta GA
- Ebenezer Baptish Church, Atlanta GA
- International Civil Rights Walk of Fame, Atlanta GA
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Atlanta GA
- Martin Luther King Jr. Burial Site, Atlanta GA
- Hammond House Museum & Resource Center for African American Art, Atlanta GA
- Spelman College Museum of Fine Arts, Atlanta GA
- African American Panoramic Experience Museum, Atlanta GA
- Sweet Auburn Curb Market, Atlanta GA
- Honda’s Battle of the Bands, Atlanta, GA
- Auburn Avenue Research Library, Atlanta GA
- Morgan State University, Baltimore MD
- Atlanta University Center, Atlanta GA
- Denmark Vesey House & Marker, Charleston SC
- Herndon Home, Atlanta GA
- Clark Atlanta University Art Galleries, Atlanta GA
- Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, Charleston SC
- Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham AL
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture , New York NY
- 11th Annual Hilton Head Island Gullah Celebration, Charleston SC
- National Black Fine Arts Show, New York NY
- Memphis Rock N Soul Museum, Memphis TN
- Rickwood Field Park, Birmingham AL
- Festival Sundiata: An African-American Celebration, Seattle WA
- Pan African Film & Arts Festival, Los Angeles CA
- Annual Zora Neale Hurston of the Arts and Humanities, Eatonville FL
FEBRUARY
- Annual Sphinx Competition, Detroit MD
- 15th Annual Black Diaspora Film Festival, Raleigh-Durham NC
- Benjamin Banneker Historical Park & Museum, Baltimore MD
- Baltimore Civil War Museum, Baltimore MD
- Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, Baltimore MD
- North Carolina African American Culture Tour
- National Civil Right Museum & Lorraine Motel, Memphis TN
- The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Baltimore MD
- Atlantaheritage.com: Official Atlanta Culture & Heritage Guide
- Shrine of the Black Madonna Cultural Center & Bookstore, Atlanta GA
- Charlestonblackheritage.com: Official Visitors Guide to African American History & Culture
- Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center
- Old Slave Mart Museum, Charleston SC
- 18th Annual Savannah Black Heritage Festival, Savannah SC
- Aiken-Rhett House, Charleston SC
- Remember Denmark Vesey of Charleston!, Charleston SC
- Love at First Site: Harlem One Stop
- Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infrantry Regiment
- Boston Massacre Monument, Boston MA
- Love at First Site: Africans in America
- African Meeting House, Boston MA
- Frederick Douglass House National Historic Site, Washington D.C.
- African American Civil War Memorial & Museum, Washington D.C.
- 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham AL
- Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, Birmingham AL
- W.C. Handy Monument, Memphis TN
MARCH
- Harlem Heritage Tours, New York NY
- Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture, Washington D.C.
- W.C. Handy Memphis Home & Museum, Memphis TN
- Drayton Hall, Charleston SC
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit MI
- Motown Historical Museum and Hitsville USA, Detroit MI
- Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, Detroit MI
- The Fist Memorial, Detroit MI
- African American Association of Innkeepers International
APRIL
- African American Family Celebration, Washington D.C.
- Tri-C JazzFest, Cleveland OH
- Africa in April Cultural Awareness Festival, Memphis TN
- “Power Dressing: Men’s Fashion and Prestige in Africa” Brooks Musuem of Art, Memphis TN
- Spaghetti Junction Urban Film Festival, Decatur GA
- Las Vegas City of Lights Jazz/Rhythm & Blues Festival, Las Vegas NV
- Dallas Black Dance Theater, Dallas TX
- New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA
MAY
- Nasa Johnson Space Center, Houston TX
- The African American Museum, Dallas TX
- Sweet Auburn Springfest, Atlanta, Georgia
- Afr’ Am Fest, Norfolk, Virginia
- Atlanta Jazz Festival, Atlanta, GA
- Dance Africa, New York, NY
- Abyssinian Baptist Church, New York, NY
- Fraunces Tavern Museum, New York, NY
- African Burial Ground, New York, NY
JUNE
JULY
- Apollo Theater, New York, NY
- National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, New York, NY
- Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
AUGUST
- Striver’s Row, New York, NY
- Marian Anderson Residence, Philadelphia, PA
- Marian Anderson Residence, Philadelphia, PA
- New Orleans African American Museum, New Orleans, LA
- River Road African American Museum, Donaldsonville, LA
- Black Paris: African Americans in the City of Light
- Love at First Site: Café de la Soul – Your Black Paris Portal
- Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799), Paris, France
- Love at First Site: Discover Paris!
- Scott Joplin House, St. Louis, MO
- Mason Temple Cogic, Memphis, TN
- American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, MO
SEPTEMBER
- Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, Houston, TX
- Buffalo Soldiers Monument, Kansas City, MO
- National Cowboys of Color Museum and Hall of Fame, Fort Worth, TX
- National Museum of African American Culture and History, Washington D.C
OCTOBER
- UK Black History Month, London, England
- Hollywood La Brea Gateway, Los Angeles, CA
- Hollywood Walk of Fame, Los Angeles, CA
- Jackie and Mack Robinson Monument, Los Angeles, CA
- California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- Watts Tower & Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA
- Leimert Park Village, Los Angeles, CA
NOVEMBER
- First African Methodist Episcopal Church (FAME), Los Angeles, CA
- A. Philip Randolph/Pullman Porter Museum, Chicago, IL
- Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable, Chicago, IL
- DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago, IL
- Harold Washington Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
- Jazz Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- The Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY
- Love at First Site: Black Paris Divas Tours…France with Flavor!
DECEMBER
- The Great Northern Migration, Chicago, IL
- The Black Metropolis: Bronzeville, Chicago, IL
- A Good Read – Bronzeville, Black Chicago in Pictures, 1941-1943.
- Harpo Studios, Chicago, IL
- The Chicago Defender, Chicago, IL
- Center for Black Music Research – Columbia College, Chicago, IL
- Philadelphia Dance Company (aka Philadanco), Philadelphia, PA
- Philadelphia International Records, Philadelphia, PA
- American Beach, Florida
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