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Four years later: African American Heritage & Culture Center works for Progress

February 16, 2022 0

The African American Heritage & Culture Center has served as an education and advocacy organization in New Bern, North Carolina, since 2018. The center presents the historic impact and progression of African Americans through; programs, exhibits, and performances.

Since its opening in 2018, AAHC has become a nonprofit, developed a website, and helped sponsor numerous arts, cultural events, and projects throughout the city.

AAHC has also launched its Oral History Library, preserving the stories of local individuals that may have gotten lost upon their passing. The projects’ goal is to capture the stories (via interview) from individuals in the region who had a significant impact on their families, within the community, or state.

Original post by: Todd Wetherington/Sun Journal

Visit AAHC’s website at: https://www.africanamericanheritageandculture.org/

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Happy Black History Month!

February 14, 2022 0

Black History Month is an annual celebration of the achievements made by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in United States history. Black History Month is a national observance occurring throughout February.

Also known as African American History Month, the observance originated from “negro History Week,” developed by noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans.

Since 1976, every U.S president has designated February as Black History Month. Other countries which include, Canada and the United Kingdom, also have months celebrating Black history.

Original post by History.com

Learn more here: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-month

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Seattle Building Provides Housing for Indigenous People in need

February 4, 2022 0

The Chief Seattle Club, of Seattle, WA, is a nonprofit founded in 1970. Its mission since has been to combat homelessness within the Indigenous community.

Last week the club announced its new housing development in Pioneer Square is now accepting residents. The building is called, ʔálʔal (pronounced “all-all”) meaning, ‘home’ in Lushootseed. The building can occupy up to 100 residents with Indigenous, poor, or formerly homeless backgrounds.

In addition to the housing, the building will also provide residents with a cafe that will serve traditional foods. Items from Indigenous-owned businesses, healthcare, and social services for the area’s indigenous people, will also be accessible. Artwork by Native artists will be displayed throughout the interior and exterior of the building.

Original post by Chris Aadland/Indian Country Today and Underscore.news

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Cherokee Nation film Office Launches Tribal film Incentive Program

February 2, 2022 0

Cherokee Nation Film Incentive will provide up to $1 million in annual funding for productions filmed within the Cherokee Nation’s northeast Oklahoma reservation. This program will be the first tribal film office in the country.

The purpose of this project is to introduce Hollywood to the beauty and diversity of its 14-county reservation. In 2019 the Cherokee Nation Film Office became the first certified American Indian film commission to open in the U.S.

This program is known for encouraging and providing jobs to unique all-inclusive talent, crew, staff, and actors that are American Indian.

Original post by Sheila Stogsdill/WRBL

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Preserving Africatown as a site of Black Resistance

January 31, 2022 0

Africatown, located outside of Mobile, Alabama, is a community of Black resistance against Black oppression.

The town once had a past of chattel slavery and breaking spirits of enslaved Africans, they resisted, eventually endured, restored, and secured land to establish themselves. Today, the Africatown Historic Preservation Foundation works to preserve the legacy of decades of transportation and environmental challenges.

In the 1950s, Africatown developed into a community that preserved the African culture and its traditions, deriving from 32 enslaved Africans. These individuals consisted of different ethnic groups, traditions, and customs and were kept in Timothy Meher’s possession in Alabama.

The Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation was founded in 2019 and funded by the American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (AHPF). AHPF has documented the community’s legacy through history projects and providing service and education. The AHPF is also striving to preserve the existing genealogical connections to Africatown.

Original post by Orilonise D. Yarborough/National Trust for Historic Preservation

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Evocative Mural of New York City to be Moved to Brooklyn

January 28, 2022 0

Artist Faith Ringgold has resided on Rikers Island for the past 50 years. This island is also home to New York City’s jail complex created in 1971 for a women’s correctional facility.

Ringgold’s public art commission ‘For the Women’s House’ was designed to inspire female inmates. The mural consists of women of different ages, races, and jobs scarcely occupied by women in 1972, showing a society where all jobs can be available to women regardless of age, race, or gender.

She conducted multiple interviews with the women inmates and afterward designed that she wanted them to look beyond their situation and begin “the long road” ahead.

‘For the Women’s House” in 2000 was moved to the gym at Rose M. Singer Center, displayed there for over a decade, and later moved to a remote hallway with little traffic. Now Ringgold’s artwork will be relocated to the Brooklyn Museum.

Original report by: Brigit Katz/Smithsonian Magazine

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Cynthia Chavez Lamar Becomes the first Native Woman to lead a Smithsonian Museum

January 27, 2022 0

Cynthia Chavez Lamar is the first native woman to serve as a Smithsonian Museum director. The institution recently announced Chavez as the director of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C, which contains one of the largest collections of Native and Indigenous items in the world.

Chavez is a member at San Felipe Pueblo, and her maternal ancestry includes Hopi, Tewa, and Navajo.

She will be the third director of the museum following, Kevin Gover, a citizen of the Pawnee Tribe who served from 2007-2021, and W. Richard West Jr., who is southern Cheyenne, the founding director in 1990.

Original post by: Joe Hernandez/NPR

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New Funding will help Highlight five Black History Sites in Southern America

January 24, 2022 0

The Southern Poverty Law Center provides $50,000 in grants to support civil rights museums. A memorial to the victims of the explosion at a munitions plant in 1973, and a monument to enslaved women who were subjected to medical experiments.

Five Black historic sites will receive grants from Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), including the “Mothers of Gynecology” monument, the Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts, the Thiokol Memorial Project, the Fannie Lou Hamer Museum, and the Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum.

Original post by Livia Gershon/Daily Correspondent-Smithsonian Magazine

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David Bennett Becomes First man ever to Receive a Heart from a Gene Edited Pig

January 21, 2022 0

Doctors successfully transplanted a pig heart into 57-year-old David Bennett, saving his life.

This is the first time in history where a gene-edited pig has been used as an organ donor.

Doctors reported that the Maryland man and his new heart were doing well days after the surgery.

Bennett had previous heart conditions that made him ineligible for a human heart transplant. When he was offered the pig heart Bennett was shocked, but his family says, “it’s nothing short of a miracle.”

Original post by Corryn Wetzel/Daily Correspondent-Smithsonian Magazine

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First Asian American Woman-owned Bookstore Opens in NYC

January 20, 2022 0

Lucy Yu has converted a funeral supply shop in Manhattan’s Chinatown into the cities first Asian American woman-owned bookstore. “Yu and Me” opened officially in mid-December of 2021.

In the store, Yu built a snug refuge for a community that has been a target of attacks during the pandemic. The work of legendary New York photographer Corky Lee is on display on a turquoise wall framed with string lights and Japanese woodblock prints. On another wall, shelves stacked with thousands of books by Asian and Asian American authors.

Yu put in the effort to gather inventory that reflects the diversity and depth of the Asian American community. As well as featuring mainly lesser-known works focusing on Southeast Asia and the island nations.

Original post by Claire Wang/NBC

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Four years later: African American Heritage & Culture Center works for Progress

Happy Black History Month!

Seattle Building Provides Housing for Indigenous People in need

Cherokee Nation film Office Launches Tribal film Incentive Program

Preserving Africatown as a site of Black Resistance

Evocative Mural of New York City to be Moved to Brooklyn

Cynthia Chavez Lamar Becomes the first Native Woman to lead a Smithsonian Museum

New Funding will help Highlight five Black History Sites in Southern America

David Bennett Becomes First man ever to Receive a Heart from a Gene Edited Pig

First Asian American Woman-owned Bookstore Opens in NYC