Category: Black History Month
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Kids’ History of Hip Hop with Oriana Lee
Celebrate Black History Month with local artist, educator, MC, poet, and performer Oriana Lee! Oriana lives and breathes Hip Hop, and will break down the history of this global phenomenon in this presentation aimed at kids and youth.
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Kids’ History of Hip Hop with Oriana Lee
Celebrate Black History Month with local artist, educator, MC, poet, and performer Oriana Lee! Oriana lives and breathes Hip Hop, and will break down the history of this global phenomenon in this presentation aimed at kids and youth.
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Culture for Service, Service for Humanity: A. Phillip Randolph and the Black Freedom Struggle
Be part of a conversation highlighting the life and times of A. Philip Randolph, labor activist and freedom fighter. Randolph embodied the
motto of Phi Beta Sigma (of which he was a member), “Culture for Service and Service for Humanity.”
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The Vice President’s Black Wife: Julia Chinn and the Story of Black Women’s Labor
Join in a fascinating conversation with award-winning historian Amrita Myers, viewing intersectionality and economics in the antebellum period through the lens of Julia Ann Chinn, enslaved wife of Martin Van Buren’s vice president.
Presented by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.
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Hip Hop Is Resistance: The Future of America
Join Kevin Powell (author, Grammy-nominated poet, historian, and filmmaker) for a Black History Month keynote: an interactive conversation about hip hop’s role in Black culture and how it can inspire collective progress.
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Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Take in the torch-bearers of New Orleans jazz! The Preservation Hall Jazz Band has been at the beating heart of New Orleans music for more than 60 years. The history they were founded to preserve is a vibrantly living history. Be part of it!
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New Mexico Black Business Summit
From Vision to Victory – New Mexico’s 2025 Black Business Summit – is a FREE event bustling with business workshops, resource vendors, and food. Registration is required, as space is limited! The summit will be held on Friday, February 28, 2025, from 9am – 4pm at New Covenant Worship Center, 4504 Ace Way SE in Rio Rancho.
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Tracy Morgan
After the six-car pileup that left him in a coma in 2014, comedian Tracy Morgan is back on the road doing the stand-up that made him famous. Don’t miss your chance to see his live show!
