*Angelbert Metoyer was born on this date in 1977. He is a Black Afrofuturism-themed artist. He is from Houston, Texas, and began his artistic career through Rick Lowe’s Project Row Houses in Houston. He held his first solo exhibition there in 1994. He moved to Atlanta to study drawing and painting at the Atlanta College […]
learn more*On this date in 1978, Ain’t Misbehavin’ debuted on stage. This was a Black musical revue named after the song by Fats Waller (with Harry Brooks and Andy Razaf). “Ain’t Misbehavin’” was also a book by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby Jr. Thee shows music by various composers and lyricists as arranged and orchestrated by Luther Henderson. Ain’t Misbehavin’ opened in the Manhattan Theatre Club’s East 73rd Street cabaret. The cast […]
learn more*Kendrick Lamar was born on this date in 1987. He is a Black rapper and lyricist. Kendrick Lamar Duckworth was born in Compton, California. He is the first child of former gang hustler Kenneth “Kenny” Duckworth and hairdresser Paula Oliver. Both of his parents are African Americans from the South Side of Chicago. As teenagers, […]
learn more*African American quilt history is celebrated on this date in 1800. Today, the third Saturday in March, is National Quilting Day. Historic influences since the 17th century are the foundation of Black African cultural heritage in quilting. West African weavers called this cloth by its original name, Nsaduaso. In Ghana, Nsaduaso is also known […]
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