20th Annual African American Cultural Celebration at North Carolina Museum of History - virtual event

The 20th Annual African American Cultural Celebration will take place online on January 30th, 2021, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

North Carolina Museum of History’s annual event will, as always, be free to experience. It’s an online event this year.

It’s the kickoff to Black History Month in Raleigh.

You can register for individual events below:

CELEBRATE MUSIC, MOVEMENT and DRAMA
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Hosted by Moses T Alexander Greene, the director of Performing Arts & Film at the North Carolina Museum of Art.

Featured performances:

105 Voices of History National HBCU Choir: “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
The Allen Boys: sacred steel band
North Carolina Association of Black Storytellers: storytelling vignettes
Mahogany Stage: watch actors perform scenes from Freedom in Mind, a play about Frederick Douglass
Remembrance, a dance film in honor of Ring Shout traditions, choreographed by Tamara Williams, danced by the UNCC Dept. of Dance students, and filmed by Marlon Morrison.
Join the procession up Bicentennial Plaza and into the museum lobby to open the event!

CELEBRATE MUSIC, MOVEMENT and DRAMA replay
2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

CELEBRATE HISTORY, FILM, and ENTERPRISE

Farmer Brown and Daughter of Hertford County, NC
12:00 p.m.
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Halifax Underground Railroad
1:00 p.m.
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318 Years of Black American Indian Culture in the Eno River Basin of North Carolina
2:00 p.m.
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Around Surry County: From Slavery to Freedom
3:00 p.m.
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CELEBRATE EDUCATION and HERITAGE

Black Maternal Health & The History of Eugenics in NC with Dr. Kimberly Harper
11:30 a.m.
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Mental Health and the African American Community with Jamilah McClain
12:30 p.m.
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Cedric Harrison on Support the Port and Wilmington in Color
1:30 p.m.
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CELEBRATE HEALTH and WELLNESS

Black Woman’s Guide to Self-Care During COVID-19 with Dr. Tonya Armstrong
2:30 p.m.
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Foods that Boost Immunity with Carol Quigless
3:30 p.m.
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CELEBRATE LITERATURE and SPOKEN WORD

Tameka Fryer Brown on Writing for Children
12:00 p.m.
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All the Songs We Sing: African American Writers’ Collective Celebrates 25th Anniversary Anthology
1:00 p.m.
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From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century by A. Kirsten Mullen & William A. Darity, Jr.
2:00 p.m.
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Cartoonist Keith Knight
3:00 p.m.
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