DanceAfrica Bazaar Digital Public Programming
DanceAfrica digital public programming has been especially created in response to the current world environment, with audiences seeking compelling ways to connect with their community and explore the arts from home. BAM’s longest-running and most beloved program is a community celebration, welcoming all to observe. The celebratory events will continue the series of unique digital experiences offered by Love from BAM.... Read More
Media
Where Have All the People Gone
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Up South The Great Migration
Dred-Scott Keyes must be congratulated for his photo documentation of Slavery and post Slavery conditions of African-Americans and their mass migration out of the southern United States. Dred-Scott Keyes produces a radio program "The Cutting Edge" where Journalism, Politics, Culture and Activism Converge".... Read More
Reel Sisters Diaspora Film Festival Lecture Series
Reel Sisters is marking its 20th Anniversary milestone with screenings and events at venues in Brooklyn and Harlem. Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series — the first Brooklyn-based festival to showcase films produced, directed and written by women of color — turns 20 year this October. October 21-22, 2017 1:... Read More
Panel Discussion of The Street
New York City First Lady Chirlane McCray, the Gracie Mansion Conservancy, NYPL President Dr. Anthony Marx, and other distinguished panelists for a discussion of Ann Petry’s masterful novel "The Street", the newest Gracie Book Club selection. Moderated by Schomburg Director Kevin Young, the conversation will explore the 1945 book that traces the life of a young black woman and her spirited struggle to raise her son amid the violence, poverty, and racial dissonance of Harlem in the late 1940s.... Read More
Unsung Revolutionary L.B. Williams
We are all here on this Earth, in this world, for a heartbeat and then we are gone. We leave behind a thumbprint, an impression, on the lives we’ve touched through our words, our actions, or inactions. Nikki Giovanni wrote:... Read More
Lee Dobson’s Traditional New Year’s Day in NYC
Approximately 30 years ago, I moved to New York City, like so many others, to pursue my dreams in the greatest city in the world.... Read More
Here It is Two Sides of a Wishful Reality
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Life is full of wonderful opportunities for the dreamers and doers in society. Some “hue-mans” choose to take advantage of these precious moments to accomplish... Read More