This year’s Africa in April Cultural Awareness Festival in Memphis, Tenessessee coincides with the “Power Dressing: Men’s Fashion and Prestige in Africa” exhibition at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, featuring spectacular examples of over 100 years of African men’s dress from Morocco to South Africa. Address: 1934 Poplar Avenue. Memphis, TN 38104 Phone: [...]
Africa in April Cultural Awareness Festival, Memphis TN
Taking place for four days during the third week in April at locations along Beale Street and throughout downtown Memphis, the Africa in April Cultural Awareness Festival features the arts and crafts, music, history and traditions of selected African countries. Each year the focus falls on a different African country and each day’s activities has [...]
W.C. Handy Memphis Home & Museum, Memphis TN
Handy, his wife and six kids all lived in this tiny two-bedbroom home. Memorabilia and artifacts immortalize the life and music of the “Father of the Blues.” Address: 352 Beale St., Memphis, TN, 98103 USA Phone: (901) 522-1556 Website: N/A Map & Driving Directions
W.C. Handy Monument, Memphis TN
Blues man W.C. Handy, known as the father of the Blues, is memoralized by this bronze statue in the W.C. Handy Performing Arts Park located in the heart of the Memphis Beale Street Historic District. Music festivals and occassional impromptu jam sessions by local talent are held here. Related Links: PBS Series, Honky Tonks, Hymns & The Blues W.C. Handy [...]
National Civil Right Museum & Lorraine Motel, Memphis TN
It is built around the former Lorraine Motel at 450 Mulberry Street where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, the National Civil Rights Museum. The exhibits of the museum tell the story of the struggle for African American civil rights from the arrival of the first Africans in the British colonies [...]
Memphis Rock N Soul Museum, Memphis TN
Located at the legendary intersection of Highway 61 ant the Blues Highway, Beale Street and Beale Street, the Rock N’ Soul Museum of Memphis features the Smithsonian Institution exhibit, “Rock ‘n Soul: Social Crossroads,” artifacts, pictures, text and music chronicling the artists and the music that shaped the legacy of the “Memphis Sound. Also be [...]
