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Some of the hundreds of carved ivory tusks a Philadelphia art dealer is charged with smuggling into the country through Kennedy International Airport. Of the millions of tons of stuff …
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Provides an overview of Mozambique, including key events and facts about this former Portuguese colony and its recovery from a long civil war in the 1980s.
By Staff reports The Holland Sentinel Beginning Aug. 4, parents can enroll their child in the Center for African American Art and History’s after-school literacy program. The program is designed …
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IF you thought you had missed out on the independence-era euphoria of black conscious espoused in memoirs of African luminaries such as Nkrumah, Nyerere, Kaunda and literary critics like Wole …
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“On the Shoulders of Giants” may very well be the quintessential Newark Black Film Festival movie. Mixing music, history, sports and the artistry of filmmaking, this documentary pulls together elements …
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It was a secret known to few Cincinnatians and to virtually no one outside of the Cincinnati Art Museum. For decades, a spectacular trove of more than 800 antique musical …
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Visitors to Chicago’s DuSable Museum of African American History will be inspired by the stories and artistic experiences they find. The artistic emphasis found in much of the museum is …
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Provides an overview of Mauritius, including key events and facts about this ethnically diverse Indian Ocean island nation
Over the years, The John Birch Society — the organization of which The New American is an organ — has been besmirched by its ideological rivals for all manner of …
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“Sunshine” Joe Mallard participates in an exciting arts/education project that is about to take place at the Louisville Central Community Centers, Inc.. Kids Art Academy afterschool arts program. The project …
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With a fife and drum band playing Yankee Doodle and civil war re-enactors sweltering in the summer sun, a museum honoring the contribution of African Americans in the US Civil …
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From the recognizable sounds of the O’Jays to the lesser-known art of Thornton Dial, the National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta offers a little bit of everything. There is a …
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