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Austin Urban Music Festival | Austin, TX

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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 [...]

National Cowboys of Color Museum and Hall of Fame, Fort Worth, TX

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Nate Love a.k.a. Deadwood Dick The National Cowboys of Color Museum and Hall of Fame highlights the accomplishments and contributions of people of Native American, African American and Hispanic decent to the settling of the “Wild West” through artifacts and works of art. Museum highlights include featured exhibits on the Tuskgee Airmen and the Buffalo Soldiers. [...]

The African American Museum, Dallas TX

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  This magnificent building of ivory-hued stone houses a library, research center, and numerous permanent and visiting exhibits. With one of the largest African-American folk art collections in the u.s., this is a must-see. has sponsored the Texas Black Invitational Rodeo at the neighboring Fair Park Coliseum as one of its primary annual fundraisers. Admission [...]

Dallas Black Dance Theater, Dallas TX

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  A contemporary modern dance company, the acclaimed Dallas Black Dance Theater performes a mixed contemporary repertory of modern jazz, ethnic and spiritual works of nationally and internationally renowned choreographers such as Alvin Ailey, Talley Beatty, Alonzo King, Milton Myers, Elisa Monte, Donald McKayle, Christopher Huggins, David Parsons and Darryl Sneed. DBDT is the oldest, continuously [...]