Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
New York Public Library
Ongoing programs and exhibits
Queens
Ongoing exhibits and tours
OHIO
Cincinnati
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Columbus
Textural Rhythms: Constructing the Jazz Tradition
Quilt exhibition
The King Arts Complex
February 8–March 31, 2007
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia
African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP)
Lecture: “A Conversation with Black Women Writers”
March 24, 2007
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
The Franklin Institute Science Museum
TENNESSEE
Memphis
Ongoing events
Stax Museum of American Soul Music
TEXAS
Fort Worth
Crumbs from the Table of Joy, by Lynn Nottage
Through February 25, 2007
Houston
Sam Gilliam: A Retrospective
Through May 6, 2007
VERMONT
Middlebury
Resonance from the Past: African Sculpture from the New Orleans Museum of Art
Middlebury College Museum of Art
September 14–December 10, 2007
VIRGINIA
Fredericksburg
The United States National Slavery Museum
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Museum of African Art
Smithsonian Institution
Two Hundred Years of Black Paper Dolls
The Anacostia Community Museum
Through April 29, 2007
WASHINGTON
Seattle
Rainier Valley Cultural Center
Black History Month Film Festival
Through February 23, 2007
Television and Film
Note: Check local listings.
Black Entertainment Television (BET.com):
- Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel
- “One Night Only Marathon”: Reality docu-soap: Six New Orleans high school kids and their drama teacher race to mount (what does this mean?) the “Dreamgirls” play in the aftermath and the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina
- The MC: This is why we do it
- Black & Blue: Legends of the Hip-Hop Cop
- The Art of 16 Bars
HBO (hbo.com):
- Bastards of the Party. Former Bloods gang member Cle “Bone” Sloan looks at the history of Black gangs in Los Angeles
- When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. Spike Lee’s documentary on Hurricane Katrina
- Ithuteng (Never Stop Learning)
History Channel:
- A Distant Shore: African Americans of D-Day
