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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 Soyinka; Katulwende’s The Fire at the Core re-ignites the tired and somewhat clichéd pro-negritude arguments but now with a tantalising domestication of classical Grecian philosophy …

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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 that make the Newark Black Film Festival unique. “We try to look at sisters behind the camera, brothers behind the camera, diaspora, historical,” said Pat …

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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 instruments languished – untouched, neglected and forgotten – in storage throughout the museum’s meandering undercroft. The discovery means that Cincinnati could possess one of the …

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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 no accident. The museum’s primary founder was the late art teacher and art historian Margaret Burroughs. The museum opened in 1961 in her South Side …

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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 evil, most prominently of which is the sin of “racism.” More specifically, given that its membership has always been and remains predominantly white, it is …

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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 called H.A.R.L.E.M. (How Arts Reflected the Lifestyle and Experiences of the Movement) will be facilitated by local professional arts educators in the community who have …

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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 War moved into its new home in Washington Monday. “It is finally finished, a great new 5,000 square foot (465 square meters) African American 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 magic to almost any arts festival. You can feel the joy and affection flowing through the eager crowds of like-minded people who have come together …

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