A Month in Review: February 2009
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HISTORIC & CULTURAL SITES
Top Black History Museums & Cultural Centers
Hollywood Walk of Fame, Los Angeles, CA
FESTIVALS AND EVENTS
Black History Month
National Black Fine Arts Show, New York, NY
Hayti Heritage Film Festival, Durham, NC
Pan African Film & Arts Festival, Los Angeles, CA
Bronner Bros. International Hair Show, Atlanta, GA
Paris: African Americans in the City of Light
Rio Carnival, Rio [...]
Black Heritage Trail, Boston, MA
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The Black Heritage Trail® explores the history of the 19th century free Black community of Boston. The trail consists of 14 sites, and begins at the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial on Beacon Street and finishes at the Museum of African American History which includes the African Meeting House and the Abiel Smith School. Self-guided tours [...]
Florida Black Heritage Trail Guide
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The Florida Black Heritage Trail Guide features historic black American sites from Pensacola to Key West and includes profiles and biographical sketches of many distinguished and accomplished black Floridians. Available for free at VISITFLORIDA.com, the guide also includes four self-guided driving tours and features vivid color photographs.
Sites in the book include:
Eatonville, the country’s oldest black [...]
The African American Firefighters Museum | Los Angeles, CA
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Located across the street from the historic Coca Cola Building on South Central Avenue, Los Angeles’ African American Firefighter Museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving and promoting the heritage of African American firefighters, The museum is housed in the historic fire station #30, which because of segregation laws, was one of only two stations in Los Angeles where African Americans were allowed [...]
Discover Black Heritage Month in Review – March 2008
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Harlem School of the Arts, New York, NY
Harlem School of the Arts’ mission is to enrich the lives of students and their families, from the Harlem community and beyond, through the arts.
Jazz Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
The Jazz Museum in Harlem is a not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to building a world-class jazz museum in [...]
