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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the oldest baseball park in the nation, Rickwood Field served as the home park for the Birmingham Barons and the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues. Baseball legends Rollie Fingers, Burleigh Grimes, Reggie Jackson, Will Mays and Satchel Paige all played here. Photo Credit: Nicolas [...]
The Austin Urban Music Festival (AUMF) is an outdoor family-oriented music festival held in the heart of Austin along the banks of Town Lake at Auditorium Shores. The Festival has consistently provided a venue for local performers as well as presented top national R&B acts that provide family-friendly entertainment. Past performers have included Boyz II [...]
The Savannah Music Festival(SMF) is one of the largest and most diverse music festivals in the southeastern United States. The festival’s distinctive line-up showcases indigenous music from the Deep South and a wealth of internationally renowned musicians representing an abundance of musical styles and genres, including Americana, bluegrass, blues, classical, dance party, gospel, guitar, Irish, [...]
This exhibition developed by The DuSable Museum celebrates the rich history and contributions to Gospel Music and is centered primarily on gospel’s Chicago origins. With Chicago being the “home” of Gospel, Spread the Word!: The Evolution of Gospel from Chicago to the World, recognizes some of the greatest Gospel singers of all time, included are [...]
Embracing Dr. King’s philosophy and strategy of nonviolence to eliminate poverty, racism and violence, The King Center is determined to have a positive impact on the continuing struggle to fulfill his great dream for America and the world. The King Center’s mission is designed to meet this challenge. Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent [...]
The Flag is Bleeding © Faith Ringgold, American People Series, 1967. Oil on Canvas. Courtesy of Faith Ringgold and ACA Galleries, New York In Faith Ringgold’s words, “American People is about the condition of black and white America and the paradoxes of integration felt by many black Americans.” Her two earliest series, “American People” (1962-1967) [...]
The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art is located in the Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Academic Center that was dedicated in 1996. The Center was built in honor of the wife of Dr. William H. Cosby, the world-renowned television star and comedian. The exhibition area of 4,500 square feet features high ceilings, warm cherry wood [...]
Photo Courtesy of the Caribbean Artisan Network Artisans representing nearly 20 Caribbean islands will again converge in the British Virgins Islands (BVI) March 9th to 14th (2012) for the eighth annual Caribbean Arts and Crafts Festival. Instead of usual trivial trinkets and silly souvenirs, visitors can expect to find woven baskets, handmade furniture, carvings from [...]
The APEX, which stands for African American Panoramic Experience Museum, chronicles the history of Sweet Auburn, once Atlanta’s foremost black residential and business district, and serves as a national African-American museum and cultural center. Photo Credit: APEX Musuem, Atlanta, GA Be sure not to overlook Herdon Plaza, across the street from the APEX Museum, which [...]
Photo: Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), America’s First African American Poet and the first African American Woman to publish her writing. Every February, persons and organizations across multiple racial backgrounds celebrate Black History Month. The event encourages everyone to diversify their attention to not only history, but other academic subjects like science, art, sociology, literature, and technology. [...]
Photo Courtesy of Sweet Auburn Curb Market The Sweet Auburn Curb Market was originally established in 1918 on land cleared by the Great Atlanta fire of 1917. The market, set up in a huge tent, was an immediate success, bringing urban consumers direct access to farmers and their products. Wishing to give the curb market [...]
Located at 191 Beale, on the corner of legendary Highway 61 at the FedExForum sports and entertainment complex, the Memphis Rock N’ Roll Museum offers a comprehensive Memphis music experience from the rural field hollers and sharecroppers of the 1930s, through the explosion of Sun, Stax and Hi Records and Memphis’ musical heyday in the [...]
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