Events

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

Harrow BHM Group in association with Akoben Awards continues its African History Season 2014/15 with the Marcus Garvey/UNIA-themed Xtra History & Reasoning Sessions.

They are free, intergenerational, and open to all the community at the new venue:
Harrow MENCAP (1st floor, ring middle buzzer), 3 Jardine House, Harrovian Business Village, Bessborough Road, Harrow London HA1 3EX. It’s a 3 minute walk from Harrow On The Hill tube/bus station).

Mondays, 6.30-8.30pm
Apr 13 Highlighting Marcus Garvey, UNIA & Garveyism Through Film (Kwaku)
Apr 27 Marcus Garvey/UNIA & The Importance Of Music & The Arts (Dr Cecil Gutzmore)
May 11 Re-interpreting The Quotes Of Marcus Garvey
May 25 Putting Marcus Garvey/UNIA Words To Music (Keith Waithe)

Free, but subject to pre-booking

Booking for Xtra Sessions can be done via Eventbrite or via email: harrowBHM@hotmail.com

Herman Ferguson was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina on December 31, 1920. He was an educator and leading figure in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville struggle for community control of NYC public schools, and Assistant Principal at P.S. 40 in Queens and P.S. 21 in Brooklyn.

Herman was a long distance runner in the battle for national liberation. He served as a judge and District Representative of the Republic of New Afrika, was a member and Chairman of the Education Committee of brother Malcolm X’s Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU), and was present on that fateful February 21, 1965 day at the Audubon Ballroom when Malcolm was assassinated. He vowed to carry on Malcolm’s teachings as best he could, organizing the Black Brotherhood Improvement Association in Jamaica, Queens, holding street corner rallies, political education classes, martial arts classes and forming the Jamaica Rifle and Pistol Club, Inc.—all of which made him a target of the u.s. government’s Counterintelligence Pr