Friday, February 20, 2015 - Events

November 12, 2014

Wednesday

Explore the Black Art & Culture of Spain and Morocco on an African Heritage Tour of Spain and Morocco
Nov 12, 2014 at 1:00pm EST to Jun 15, 2015 at 3:00pm EDT
Location: Spain and Morocco - Leaving from Chicago and/or New York
Description:
Black Art and Culture Journey to Spain and Morocco in June 2015. A five city, 12 day exploration of the African heritage of Spain and Morocco. Too often when we hear about Spain and Morocco on the news we fail to remember (and celebrate) the deep black African roots that shaped those countries legacies. Nor are we aware of the way the African heritage continues to shape and inform the contemporary ideas in these countries.

Cost includes airfare from New York City.

For more information call 612-787-3644 or email us at travel@obsidianartscenter.org
Created by: Obsidian Arts Center

February 20, 2015

Friday

D.C.'s Black History: What Gentrification Has Done to Us All These Years, Addressing Our Creeping Historical Amnesia
Feb 20, 2015 from 2:00pm to 5:00pm EST
Location: NORTHEASTERN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Description:
Conversation with C.R. Gibbs
D.C.'s Black History: What Gentrification Has Done to Us All These Years
Addressing Our Creeping Historical Amnesia

Away from the marble monuments on the Mall, outside the precincts of the White House and the Capitol, particularly in the African American neighborhoods that give life and character to the city, an unrelenting, decades-old process of transformation, displacement, and destruction continues.

It has wreaked havoc on the population, decimated symbols of culture and achievement, and is leading to a creeping historical amnesia concerning the black presence in the city.

Join C.R. Gibbs, author, lecturer and historian of the African Diaspora, as he investigates the beginnings of the process, provides startling examples of the personal loss that often accompanies what is far from a neutral or natural socio-economic progression, and delivers a timely prediction about the future of the nation's capital.

C.R. Gibbs, a long longtime resident of Washington, D
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