Robert Moses Kin Dance Company | San Francisco, CA
A phenomenon since its inception in 1995, the San Francisco-based Robert Moses Kin (also known as RMK Dance Company) boasts a mix of sheer athleticism and visceral lyricism. The company's mission is to produce work which speaks to what is specific and unique in human nature. The company performances are combination of athletic techniques, rhythmic complexity and gestural details. They are fusion of different styles and genres like jazz, light hip hop, gospel music and balletic movements. Robert Moses also often explores the issues of race, gender, class and other social topics like biographies. Visit the organization's official website for informatin on ...
Center for Southern Folklore | Memphis, TN
Founded in 1972, the Center for Southern Folklore is an American non-profit cultural organization whose mission is "to preserve, defend, protect and promote the music, culture, arts, and rhythms of the South." The Center produces documentary films and maintains a large archive of video and audio recordings of music and narratives, contemporary and historical photographs, film and slides, and selected artifacts and art. The Center also has a gallery that shows regional folk art and photographs, a cafe featuring live performances by local blues, folk, Latin, and jazz musicians, and a folklore store selling art, photographs, posters, and CDs by Memphis-area ...
Katherine Dunham Museum | East St. Louis, IL
Housed in the two-story English Regency Townhouse, the Katherine Dunham Museum was first established in Alton, Illinois in 1967 by Miss Dunham and her late husband, John Pratt. Part of the Katherine Dunham Centers for Arts and Humanities, the museum houses Miss Dunham’s outstanding collection of symbolic and functional art, including more than 250 African and Caribbean art objects from more than 50 countries. The museum displays costumes, photographs, programs, letters, awards and mementos from Miss Dunham’s career as a dancer, choreographer, teacher, writer and dance company owner. This landmark building appears on the Illinois Historic Register, and is located ...
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center | Cincinnati, OH
A symbol of enduring freedom and its cornerstones (Cooperation, Courage and Perseverance), the National Underground Freedom Center offers interactive educational programs to promote an understanding of slavery and the resistance movements, including movies and donation details. Situated in Cincinnati, the center highlights the struggles of slavery, from a historic standpoint as well as in our modern day. Cincinnati was a major hub on the Underground Railroad in the 1800s and served as an important refuge for thousands fleeing slavery. Through the ongoing work of the Freedom Center, modern slavery is exposed. National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Address: 50 E. Freedom Way, Cincinnati, ...
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Robert Moses Kin Dance Company | San Francisco, CA
A phenomenon since its inception in 1995, the San Francisco-based Robert Moses Kin (also known as RMK Dance Company) boasts a mix of sheer athleticism and visceral lyricism. The company’s mission is to produce work which speaks to what is specific and unique in human nature. The company performances are combination of athletic techniques, rhythmic... [Read more of this review]
Center for Southern Folklore | Memphis, TN
Founded in 1972, the Center for Southern Folklore is an American non-profit cultural organization whose mission is “to preserve, defend, protect and promote the music, culture, arts, and rhythms of the South.” The Center produces documentary films and maintains a large archive of video and audio recordings of music and narratives, contemporary... [Read more of this review]
Katherine Dunham Museum | East St. Louis, IL
Housed in the two-story English Regency Townhouse, the Katherine Dunham Museum was first established in Alton, Illinois in 1967 by Miss Dunham and her late husband, John Pratt. Part of the Katherine Dunham Centers for Arts and Humanities, the museum houses Miss Dunham’s outstanding collection of symbolic and functional art, including more than... [Read more of this review]
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center | Cincinnati, OH
A symbol of enduring freedom and its cornerstones (Cooperation, Courage and Perseverance), the National Underground Freedom Center offers interactive educational programs to promote an understanding of slavery and the resistance movements, including movies and donation details. Situated in Cincinnati, the center highlights the struggles of slavery,... [Read more of this review]
Bedford-Stuyvesant (Brooklyn) | New York, NY
For decades, Bedford-Stuyvesant, along with Harlem, has been one of the cultural centers of New York’s African American population. Following the construction of the A line subway between Harlem and Bedford in the 1930s, African Americans left an overcrowded Harlem for more housing availability in Bedford-Stuyvesant. From there, African Americans... [Read more of this review]
Duke Ellington Mural | Washington D.C.
The Duke Ellington Mural is located in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington D.C., within the Mount Vernon Square historic district, an area that has been a hub of African-American cultural life since the late 19th century and the neighborhood that shaped and nurtured him. The Duke grew up just around the corner on Bates Street and began his career... [Read more of this review]
Stax Museum of American Soul Music | Memphis, TN
If you are a soul music lover, make sure you get to Soulsville, USA, aka Stax Museum of American Soul Music when you visit Memphis. Built almost to the exact specifications of the original Stax recording studio, housed in the former Capitol Theatre, the Stax Museum features hundreds if not thousands of videos, films, photographs, original instruments... [Read more of this review]
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