Making Black America
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Saturday, Feb 25, 2023 4pm - 7pm
Location
African American Cultural Center of Long Beach | 4321 Atlantic Ave, Long Beach, CA 90807
Details
PBS SoCal | KCET in partnership with the African American Cultural Center of Long Beach and public radio station KJAZZ (88.1 KKJZ) present MAKING BLACK AMERICA: A Social Celebration of Black Joy in Music, Dance, and Community.
Performances by:
Black Art Distrikt with Tashara Gavin-Moorehead
Conversation with: Rhonda Hamilton, Chester Whitmore, Ryan Porter, and Black Art Distrikt
Screening: Making Black America: Through the Grapevine
Food by: Women in Action Reaching Out
Mix, mingle, and take in the festivities of this unique Black History Month event!
Featuring an homage to rent parties, dance lessons, food inspired by the annual family reunion, and a children’s corner. Guests are encouraged to come in their favorite 1920s to 1970s attire.
Guests will also have the opportunity to visit AACCLB’s gallery. This month’s exhibit: “The Roots of Slavery.”
This event is inspired by the stories and themes presented in the four-part PBS television series MAKING BLACK AMERICA, which chronicles the vast social networks and organizations created by and for Black people.
