The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is one of the world’s leading research facilities devoted to the preservation of materials on the global African and African diasporan experiences. It is located in the heart of Harlem and within the 135th branch of the New York Public Library. The Schomburg Center first won international [...]
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham AL
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a large interpretive museum and research center in Birmingham, Alabama that features state of the art, multimedia presentations of historical events from post-World War I racial segregation to present-day racial progress. The Institute is located in the Civil Rights District, which includes the historic 16th Street Baptist Church, Kelly Ingram [...]
Harlem Fine Art Show | New York, NY
Some of the world’s most celebrated African-American artists and the prominent galleries that specialize in Afro-centric works will exhibit their work at the 3rd Annual Harlem Fine Art Show, Feb. 11 and 12, 2012. Destined to become a highlight of Manhattan’s annual Black History Month celebrations, the event will be held at Harlem’s historic Riverside [...]
Paris Noir: African Americans in the City of Light
“J’ai deux amours: Two loves have I, my country and Paris.” – Josephine Baker “In Paris, I lived in all parts of the city — on the Right Bank and the Left, among the bourgeoisie and among les misérables, and knew all kinds of people, from pimps and prostitutes in Pigalle to Egyptian bankers in [...]
Pan African Film & Arts Festival, Los Angeles
The Pan African Art and Film Festival (PAFF) is considered America’s largest and most prestigious Black arts and film festival, regularly attracting over 200,000 visitors and holding annual screenings of more than 100 films made by and/or about people of African descent from the United States, Africa, the Caribbean, South America, the South Pacific, Europe [...]
Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home, Atlanta GA
Born January 15, 1929, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spent the first 12 years of his life in this modest Queen Anne-style home located in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood of Atlanta. Furnished with both original or period reproduction pieces, as well as personal items of the family, the house has been restored to its appearance [...]
