GMA Gospel Music Week & GMA Music Awards, Nasheville, TN

Every April thousands of artists, journalists and industry professionals converged in Nasheville for the annual Gospel Music Association’s GMA Music Week & Dove Awards, the “Biggest Night In Gospel Music” and the longest running and most prestigious televised awards ceremony recognizing achievement in all genres of Christian and Gospel music. For more information, visit the [...]

Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, Seattle, WA

Photo: Santana Shelton as Opal in John Sayle’s Honeydripper.  
Seattle’s annual Langston Hughes African American Film Festival offers up both feature length and short films by independent film makers from around the world that portray a wide variety of Black life.  The event always attracts a very  passionate and diverse crowd, who appreciate films by and about people of African-decent world [...]

Jimi Hendrix Memorial Grave Site, Seattle, WA

Although Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) had verbally requested to be buried in England, his body was returned to Seattle and interned at Greenwood Memorial Park, Renton, Washington, approximately 30 minutes south of Seattle.  Today, the gravesite contains the remains of Jimi Hendrix, his father Al Hendrix, and grandmother Nora Rose Moore Hendrix . The [...]

Jimi Hendrix Commemorative Statue, Seattle, WA

This bronze statue of Jimi Hendrix (a Seattle native), considered one of the greatest and most influential guitarists in rock music history, is located in front of the corporate offices of AEI Music Networks on Broadway Avenue, just north of Pine street in the Capital Hill/Broadway area of Seattle.
Jimi Hendrix Commemorative Statue
900 E. Pine Street
Seattle, [...]

Northwest African American Museum, Seattle, WA

Nearly 30 years after the idea surfaced, the Northwest African American Museum (NAAM) in Seattle finally opened its doors this past weekend. The first museum devoted to African American history in Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho and British Columbia, NAAM is part of the new $23 million Urban League Village at the former Colman School (built [...]