[Durham INC] 10th annual African American Cultural Celebration
Melissa Rooney
mmr121570 at yahoo.com
Tue Jan 18 21:41:31 EST 2011
My kids and I have enjoyed this wonderful event for several years now. Hope you
have the opportunity to do so this year.
Melissa Rooney
(See below)
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From: "Grant, Emily" <emily.grant at ncdcr.gov>
To: "Grant, Emily" <emily.grant at ncdcr.gov>
Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 8:52:45 AM
Subject: MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!
Afternoon everyone,
It’s cold outside, but it’s warm in the museum! We are excited about hosting the
10th annual African American Cultural Celebration on Saturday, January 29, 2011.
It’s fun and it’s FREE!! Check out the information on our website
http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/ , tell all your friends (flyer is attached)
and I hope to see you at the museum SOON!
Emily
Celebrate Music and Movement
Auditorium Stage, Lobby Level
Emcee: Ken Grady ,WNCU Jazz Host
11–11:40 a.m. Spiritual Renaissance Singers of
Greensboro,spirituals
Spiritual Renaissance Singers of Greensboro will perform traditional favorites
such as “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” and “I’ve Been in the Storm
So Long.” Musical director Patricia Trice holds a PhD in music education from
Florida State University and an MM in piano performance from
UNC–Greensboro.
http://gotriad.news-record.com/content/2009/05/13/article/spiritual_renaissance_singers_keep_a_historic_tradition_alive
Noon–12:40 p.m. Cyrus Art Production,modern dance performance and
movement workshop
Cyrus Art Production brings together dance, music, drama, video, photography,
and graphic art. Artistic director Duane Cyrus is an assistant professor in
the Department of Dance at UNC–Greensboro. He holds an MFA from the University
of Illinois and a BFA from the Juilliard School . Cyrus has traveled
around the world as a director, choreographer, performer, and teacher. He is
the editor of Vital Grace: The Black Male Dancer, a photographic book on male
dancers of color that features interviews with Gregory Hines, Bill T. Jones,
and others.
http://www.cyrusartproduction.com/index.htm
1–1:40 p.m. Cynthia Jones,neosoulgospel
Two-time Prestige Award winner Cynthia Jones has been nominated for a Grammy
and a Stellar Award. Since the release of Gotta Soul in April 2008, she has
appeared on TBN, BET, TV One, and The Word Network and has been featured on
the cover of Gospel Today, TCP Magazine, and Sister 2 Sister. A Raleigh
native, Jones is the daughter of a minister and an active member of the Upper
Room Church of God in Christ. She serves on the board of directors of Passage
Home, an organization that provides housing for families transitioning from
homelessness or incarceration to self-sufficiency.
http://www.cynthiajones.com/welcome.htm
2–2:40 p.m. Purple Charlotte Steppers,demonstration and
workshop
Under the direction of founder Demond Carter, the Purple Charlotte Steppers
will perform and teach dance styles associated with “steppin.” The group,
which conducts dance classes across the state, will discuss the origins of
this unique dance style.
http://www.purplecharlottesteppers.com/
3–3:40 p.m. Oneaka Collective,African dance demonstration
and workshop
Oneaka Collective is a cultural arts program available to local and regional
communities. The program offers classes, workshops, performances, and
residencies in order to empower and enable participants to build bridges
between one another as they learn about their local and global communities and
culture.
http://odc.community.officelive.com/default.aspx
Celebrate Music and Movement
Staircase Stage, Lobby Level
Emcee:Donna Marie Harris, award-winning journalist and host of TV show Roll in
the City
11–11:30 a.m. Sparkles,reggae
Arvian “Sparkles” Nelson Duval, from the reggae group Positively Nelsons, will
perform selections from the duo’s four albums: No More Tumble Weed; Wait a
Minute; Know Where You’re Going; and So, Let Dem Talk.
http://www.myspace.com/positivelynelsons
12:30–1:15 p.m. Abdullah Rahman Trio,jazz
The Abdullah Rahman Trio will present a set that includes classics from two
North Carolina jazz greats—Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane.
1:30–2:15 p.m. Jo Gore and the Alternative,rock and roll and
soul
Based in Durham, Jo Gore and the Alternative blend classic soul, blues, jazz,
and folk. Gore’s style is reminiscent of Corrine Bailey Rae, John Mayer, and
Tracy Chapman. The band has performed throughout North Carolina and Virginia
and recently completed a music video for their original tune “The Last Letter
Home,” featured on their debut album You Mean the World to Me.
www.jogoreandthealternative.net
2:30–3:15 p.m. Cool John Ferguson,blues guitar
Cool John Ferguson is a studied but self-taught guitar player. You can find
him holding center stage in New York City at Lincoln Center Out of Doors,
making a stop in church for gospel, or just sending it out to the rooftops at
his regular Saturday night gig at the All People’s Grill, a roadhouse north of
Durham . Ferguson has put his guitar behind such artists as B. B. King, Taj
Mahal, Kenny Wayne, Beverly “Guitar” Watkins, and the Stylistics. He has
been honored two years running as Most Outstanding Guitarist by Living Blues
magazine.
http://www.musicmaker.org/artists_profile/Cool-John-Ferguson
3:30–4 p.m. Afro-Cuban Zumba Party with Lawanna Harris
Celebrity fitness trainer Beto Perez stumbled upon the concept of
Latin-inspired dance fitness in his native Colombia in the mid-1990s. After
his success there, Perez brought his Zumba dance fitness classes to the United
States , eventually launching the Zumba program internationally. Lawanna
Harris will lead a 30-minute Zumba class.
Celebrate History, Drama, and Film
Longleaf Room, SECU Education Center
Host: Earl Ijames, curator, N.C. Museum of History
11:15–11:40 a.m. A Change Is Gonna Come, images from the N.C. Museum
of History’s upcoming online exhibit about North Carolina and the Civil
Rights movement, A Change Is Gonna Come: Black, Indian, and White Voices for
Racial Equality
Earl Ijames, curator, N.C. Museum of History
11:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. African Liberation, the American Revolution, and
North Carolina
T. Rasul Murray, black arts–era poet, community activist, griot, and public
historian
T. Rasul Murray will present his research on African American participation
in the American Revolution. A lifelong cultural and political activist,
Murray served as a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee, staffed the 1963 March on Washington , and has been a
community organizer and a manager and administrator of a variety of
community programs in New York City . He was founding director of the
Lander Street Community Center in Newburgh , New York , in the early
1960s and served as assistant director of the South Yonkers Youth Council
later in that decade. He currently serves as a volunteer historic
interpreter at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New
York City .
12:30–1 p.m. Growing Your Giving from the Ground Up
Natalie Bullock Brown, host of UNC-TV’s Black Issues Forum, and Darryl
Lester, president of Hindsight Consulting
A graduate of Northwestern University and Howard University , Natalie
Bullock Brown holds a BA in English and an MFA in film production. Before
joining UNC-TV, she worked as an associate producer on the Ken Burns
documentary series Jazz and wrote for several national music and
entertainment trade and online magazines.
For over 13 years, Darryl Lester has been assisting organizations and
individuals in dealing with issues of race and equity, developing strategic
plans and creating assessment models to monitor progress, impact, and
change. Lester founded Hindsight Consulting in 2001.
http://www.hindsightconsulting.org/
1:15–1:45 p.m. Princeville, North Carolina: A Tale of Survival
C. Rudolph Knight, research historian
C. Rudolph Knight’s presentation chronicles the development of Princeville
from its inception as Freedom Hill during the Civil War to the 21st century.
Historic photographs and maps, narratives, and oral histories by members of
Princeville’s founding families will be used to convey this all-black town’s
struggle to survive in the face of political, social, and legal setbacks.
After graduating from the N.C. College for Negroes (now N.C. Central
University ), Knight, a Tarboro native, became the first African American
professional hired by Edgecombe Technical Institute (now Edgecombe
Community College ). He currently writes a monthly column on African
American–related topics for the Daily Southerner, assists with exhibits and
programs at the Princeville Museum and Welcome Center , and develops
and implements events for fourth-grade students studying North Carolina
history in Tarboro and Edgecombe County .
2–2:30 p.m. African American Voices from Iwo Jima
Clarence E. Willie, World War II veteran and author
Clarence E. Willie will speak about his book African American Voices from
Iwo Jima . Four of the men featured in the book trained at the segregated
Montford Point facility at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina,
during World War II.
2:45–3:15 p.m. The History of Harris Barber College
Mrs. Geraldine H. Burroughs
In 1930 Samuel Harris founded Harris Barber College in Raleigh to
provide opportunities for other African American men to become professionals
and eventually business owners. As a high school and college student, his
daughter Geraldine assisted him with the school’s business affairs. Mrs.
Geraldine H. Burroughs will share stories of her father’s vision and
highlights of the school’s more than 80-year history.
3:30–4 p.m. New Faces in Film
Teri Burnette,assistant professor of video and film, Shaw University
Teri Burnette and three student filmmakers will present and discuss the
students’ new documentaries.
1920s Drugstore, Third Floor
1:15–1:30 p.m., Holmes Morrison
2–2:15 p.m. HolmesMorrison portrays Dr. Kirkpatrick, who reflects on his
grandmother’s struggles with segregation as a domestic worker known for her
“doctoring.” Morrison’s character is based on historical accounts of African
American doctors during the 1920s. He will take questions after each
presentation.
FletcherGarden
11 a.m.–4 p.m. FortFisher ; Battery B, 2nd U.S. Colored Light
Artillery, 18th Army Corps; and 37th U.S. Colored Troops
Civil War reenactment
Celebrate Literature and the Spoken Word
Demonstration Gallery, Lobby Level
Host: Eleanora Tate, children book’s author
11:30 a.m.–noon Tameka Fryer Brown, author
Tameka Fryer Brown has gone from medical supply sales rep to stay-at-home mom
to children’s book author. She has worked with youth in various church and
volunteer organizations and as a teacher’s assistant. Brown will read from and
sign copies of her bookAround Our Way on Neighbors’ Day.
www.TamekaFryerBrown.com
http://www.authorsnow.com/around-our-way-by-tameka-fryer-brown
http://thebrownbookshelf.com
http://tamekafbrown.wordpress.com
12:15–12:45 p.m. Dr. John Williams, author
Dr. John Williams will discuss the research, writing, and publication of his
forthcoming book God, Guts and Game: Survival of Three African American
Families: 1747–2000. The book is the result of 38 years of research on seven
of his great-grandparents. He has a great interest in oral history and has
traveled extensively throughout Africa and the South Pacific.
1–1:30 p.m. E. J. Stewart, author, dramatist, and
storyteller
Ella Joyce (E. J.) Stewart will present a dramatization of the slave narrative
of Aunt Rachel in period attire. She will also read excerpts from her latest
book project, On a Flower Bed of Ease, a collection of short stories based on
the oral histories of her parents. Born and reared in North Carolina ,
Stewart is the daughter of sharecroppers who uses her literature to create
better communications across age, race, gender, and class lines. She is
currently a speaker with the N.C. Humanities Council Road Scholars program. As
a member of the National Association of Black Storytellers (NABS), she has
performed on the group’s national stage and conducted various workshops. She
is also a founding member of the N.C. Association of Black Storytellers.
1:45–2:15 p.m. Zelda Lockhart, author and 2010 Piedmont Poet
Laureate
Zelda Lockhart will read an excerpt from her novel Fifth Born II: The Hundredth
Turtle and lead audience members in a short writing exercise on turning
personal life events into fiction. Lockhart’s novel Fifth Born earned her a
finalist award for debut fiction from the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright
Foundation. She holds an MA in English from Old Dominion University and a
certificate in writing, directing, and editing film from the New York Film
Academy . Her other works of fiction, poetry, and essays can be found in
anthologies, journals, and magazines. She is also the author of The Evolution,
a serial novella currently in the archives of USAToday.com’s Open Book series.
Her novel Cold Running Creek garnered the attention of the Historical Novel
Society and won a 2008 Honor Book Award from the Black Caucus of the American
Library Association.
2:30–3 p.m. Katina Parker, photographer, and Kelly
Starling Lyons, author
Katina Parker will discuss and show photos from her online photographic essay
One Million Strong: Photos from the Million Man, Women, and Youth Marches .
Kelly Starling Lyons, whose articles and essays have appeared in local and
national publications, will read from her children’s bookOne Million Men and
Me.
http://www.kellystarlinglyons.com.
3:15–4 p.m. Storytellers from the N.C. Association of
Black Storytellers (NCABS)
NCABS is an affiliate of the National Association of Black Storytellers
(NABS), whose mission is to promote and perpetuate black storytelling, an art
form that embodies the history, heritage, and culture of African Americans.
NABS preserves and passes on the folklore, legends, myths, fables, and mores
of Africans and their descendants and ancestors.
Exhibit
Lobby Level
Triangle African American Artists Association
Works by Triangle-area artists.
Celebrate Craft and Art Traditions
First and Third Floors and SECU Education Center
11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Demonstrations
Neal Thomas,baskets
Jerome Bias , furniture
Frank Barrow, wood carvings
Kisha Rawlinson, sweetgrass baskets
Marilyn Griffin, dolls
Benny Baker, pipes
Pinky Strother, miniatures and clay figurines
Frank Woods, historic models
Ebony Raleigh Area Group Stitchers, quilting
African American Quilt Circle, quilting
Activities
Scavenger Hunt: Register to win a prize.
Wheel of History:Test your knowledge of African American history.
Tobacco Tying:Learn about sharecropping history with staff fromDuke Homestead
State Historic Site.
Making Music: Play examples of early instruments like the bones, spoons, and
udu drum, then make your own version of spoons to play at home.
Acrostic Writing:Find out about poet George Moses Horton with staff from
Historic Halifax State Historic Site.
Cowrie Necklaces:Make a cowrie-shell necklace with staff from Historic
Stagville State Historic Site.
Sankofa Symbols: Learn about traditional West African symbols and create your
own sticker to take home.
Dancing Dolls: Try a dancing doll with Arnez Shipman, grandson of master
craftsman George SerVance.
Paper Quilt Activity:Decorate precut quilt squares celebrating black
heritage in our state with staff from the N.C. State Capitol. The resulting
paper quilt will be on display in the Capitol through the month of February.
Made from the Land: Handle reproduction objects with staff from Somerset Place
State
Historic Site.
The Correct Thing: Practice table setting and etiquette with staff from
Charlotte Hawkins Brown MuseumState Historic Site.
Dogwood Room, SECU Education Center
2:30–3:15 p.m. Clay Figurine Workshop with Pinkie Strother
Ages 9 and up (limit 15); sign-up sheet on Dogwood Room door
Celebrate Heritage
First and Third Floors and SECU Education Center
11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Benefit Bank of North Carolina
Cultural Enrichment Services
Historic Edenton—the Harriet Jacobs Story
Journeys toward Freedom: African American History at N.C. State Historic
Sites
Latta House Foundation
MontfordPoint Marines Museum
National Association of African Americans in Human Resources
N.C. Association of Black Storytellers
N.C.Freedom MonumentProject
N.C. Museum of History Associates —half-price membership today only!
OldSalem Museumand Gardens—St. Philips Church Complex
Richard B. Harrison Library
Rosenwald Schools Project
Saint Augustine’s College
Sons of the American Revolution
TeenFest Foundation
W. E. B. DuBois Community Development Corporation
Celebrate Food, Health, and Beauty
Cardinal Room, SECU Education Center
Noon–12:30 p.m., Diana Mitchell, author of The Hair Braider’s
Secret Reference Manual
1–1:30 p.m. Hair-braiding demonstration and workshop
2–2:30 p.m., Cooking with Rhonda Muhammad
3–3:30 p.m. Demonstration and tasting
Dogwood Room, SECU Education Center
12:15–12:45 p.m. Athletes in Action
Kenyatta Spencer
At the age of 12, Kenyatta Spencer lost her left arm in an accident. Spencer
quickly found out the meaning of disability and then redefined the word as she
reached for new goals. She used basketball to build relationships and has
traveled to different countries playing basketball and talking about her
experiences.
1–1:30 p.m. The Autobiography of Dr. Milton D. Quigless Sr.
Carol Quigless
In 1946 Dr. Milton Quigless, of Tarboro, opened the Quigless Clinic-Hospital,
a 25-bed facility, to serve the town’s African American citizens. Carol
Quigless, his daughter, will discuss and read selections from Looking Back—The
Way Things Were: The Autobiography of Dr. Milton D. Quigless Sr. Today she
operates the Quigless Natural Health Center of Tarboro in the same building
her father practiced medicine for nearly three decades.
1:45–2:15 p.m. Quick Wins for Healthy Eating
Tonya Peele, author and nutritionist
Nutrition educator, wellness coach, and mom Tonya Peele will discuss
nutrition, healthy eating, and her book Quick Wins for Healthy Eating: Easy
Changes You and Your Family Can Make Now! The book offers a revolutionary
new approach to healthy eating that focuses on nine easy-to-make
changes—called Quick Wins—that lead to big results. Quick Wins offers simple
solutions that will help today’s modern family combat obesity, fend off
obesity-related diseases, reduce their reliance on fast food, and make healthy
food taste great!
BicentennialPlaza
11 a.m.–4 p.m. Ms. Lynn ’s Concessions: wings, fish, hot
dogs, hamburgers, funnel cakes
Emily D. Grant,Youth Programs Coordinator
North CarolinaMuseumof History
5 E. Edenton Street Raleigh , NC 27601
www.ncmuseumofhistory.org
Phone:919.807.7979 Fax: 919.733.8655
Email:emily.grant at ncdcr.gov
See the traveling exhibition Discover the Real George Washington: New Views From
Mount Vernon from Sept. 10, 2010, to Jan. 21, 2011.For details, visit
ncmuseumofhistory.org.
Discover the Real George Washington is funded by the Donald W. Reynolds
Foundation.
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