Atlanta Jazz Festival | Atlanta, GA
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Memorial Day weekend is all about tradition, and for those who love jazz the Atlanta Jazz Festival has become a unique way to celebrate. Now in its 33rd year, the event, usually held for several weeks in mid-May and ending Memorial Day weekend, is one of the longest running jazz festivals in the country with [...]
Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
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The Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection is one of the nation’s leading research facilities for the study of the history and culture of people of African descent. The core collection was donated to Temple University in 1983 by Charles L. Blockson, a Pennsylvania bibliophile and collector of Afro-Americana. Located in Sullivan Hall on the main [...]
24th Annual Gullah Festival | Beaufort, SC
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The Gullah Festival showcases the African history and heritage of South Carolina’s Low Country Gullah culture, a blend of West African, European and Native American cultures, which became a way of life for West African slaves living on the Sea Islands off the coast of the South Carolina mainland. The annul event attracts talent from [...]
Capital Jazz Festival Preview | Washington D.C.
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It’s time once again for the largest contemporary jazz and soul festival in the country, the 18th Annual Capital Jazz Fest continuing its long-standing, highly anticipated 3-day music showcase June 4-6, 2010 at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. A “weekend of cool jazz & soul”, this year’s lineup is sure to electrify audiences, [...]
Step Afrika | Washington D.C.
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Step Afrika is the first professional company in the world dedicated to the tradition of stepping……..a competitive dance practiced on college campuses among black fraternities with roots in African dance traditions. The group was founded in 1994 by Brian Williams, a Howard University graduate and Alpha Phi Alpha stepper who was struck by the similarities [...]
