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Power in Print exhibition 1 min read

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• Art

Power in Print exhibition

Ronald Bunn 8 years ago

Power in Print explores the art of the Black Power movement poster, showcasing a variety of aesthetics, styles, and messaging strategies. This collection-based exhibition pulls... Read More

Black Power Exhibition

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Black Power Exhibition

Ronald Bunn 8 years ago

The concept of Black Power was introduced by Stokely Carmichael and fellow Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker Willie Ricks in June 1966. Like no other ideology before, the multiform and ideologically diverse movement shaped black consciousness and identity and left an immense legacy that continues to inform the contemporary American landscape.  Curated by Dr.... Read More

Whistle In Mississippi

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• Theatre

Whistle In Mississippi

Ronald Bunn 8 years ago

The lynching of Emett Till A dramatic play by Michael Green & Daniel Carlton October 21, 2017, 3 & 8pm The Black Lady Theatre 750 Nostrand Ave. [embedyt]... Read More

Trezania Beverlys One Woman Show Mabel Mercer 1 min read

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• Theatre

Trezania Beverlys One Woman Show Mabel Mercer

Ronald Bunn 8 years ago

October 22, 2017, 8pm Urban Stages 259 W. 30th St (Between 7th & 8th Ave) Trezania Beverly’s One Woman Show is a dramatic story with... Read More

My Dreamed Visit to Kenya Fulfilled 7 min read

• Travel

My Dreamed Visit to Kenya Fulfilled

Odehyah Gough-Israel 8 years ago

I have always been intrigued with Africa. But my interest really peaked when I casually asked a friend, who traveled internationally for work, “which place,... Read More

Kliptown Gumboot Dance Radiates Performance Power

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• Dance
• Theatre

Kliptown Gumboot Dance Radiates Performance Power

Ronald Bunn 8 years ago

I just couldn't pass up this opportunity to share a video of Ankh Ma'at Ra. A few seconds after the video begins, you'll understand why I could not stop playing it over and over again. It’s mesmerizing.... Read More

The Negro Ensemble presents A Soldier’s Play

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• Theater Review

The Negro Ensemble presents A Soldier’s Play

Sabura Rashid 8 years ago 2

The Negro Ensemble Company is BACK! — Like other American-African theater organizations, this iconic company has been struggling for well over a decade to provide and maintain a professional venue for Black playwrights to tell stories about people from the African diaspora in quality staged productions. Founded in 1967 by Robert Hooks, Douglass Turner Ward and Gerald S.... Read More

Unsung Revolutionary L.B. Williams

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• Media
• Poetry
• Theatre

Unsung Revolutionary L.B. Williams

Perri Gaffney 8 years ago 4

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