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SUMMARY:Black History Month
DESCRIPTION:This year’s Black History Month theme\, “Black Family: Representation\, Identity and Diversity” explored the African diaspora\, and the spread of Black families across the United States. We featured an interactive virtual town hall surrounding our nation’s history of housing discrimination and its adverse effect on the success of Black families. We discussed Ethnic Notions\, Marlon Riggs’ award winning documentary that examines the anti-Black stereotypes that permeated popular culture from the antebellum period until the advent of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Because many Black Americans face difficulty when conducting genealogy research\, we offered the platform of our virtual programming to The Birmingham African American Genealogy Group who taught us how to trace our roots using tech basics and best practices. With talented creators from the film and television industry\, Redefining the Image: Black Families in the Media was a reflection on 100 years of Black family representation in media.
URL:https://www.bcri.org/event/black-history-month/
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SUMMARY:Kwanza
DESCRIPTION:The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute presented a free community event to celebrate and learn more about the history and etymology of Kwanzaa! Families were offered fun crafts\, hot cocoa\, West African drumming\, and great books about the annual celebration of African American culture. \nOur Community of Readers Program aims to bridge the gap between literacy and parental involvement by instructing families about better reading habits\, promoting local parents’ belief in their own capabilities as educational mentors\, and using books to enhance the time that families spend together. In 2021\, we offered a read-along and free copies of My First Kwanzaa by Karen Katz and Seven Spools of Thread by Angela Shelf Medearis. \nAll were welcome to join the National Hook Up of Black Women/Birmingham as they shared the principles of Kwanzaa\, or Nguzo Saba – the seven principles of African Heritage. We observed the Kwanzaa traditions of music and dance with Sahi On Ko Djony\, craft musical instruments and offered free books about Kwanzaa for folks to take home and pass down to loved ones for generations.
URL:https://www.bcri.org/event/kwanza/
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SUMMARY:BCRI Birthday Bash
DESCRIPTION:In 1992\, The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute was founded with a charge of preserving and promoting the legacy of the 1963 Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham. In joyful commemoration of our 29th anniversary\, we invited the community to join us for a celebration and reflection of our successes. The festivities brought fun for all ages – with historic gallery tours\, birthday cake\, musical entertainment\, food trucks and\, of course\, educational games that tell the story of the Civil Rights Movement. The event gave us a chance to show our beneficent stakeholders that we are proud to provide a forum for dialogue and community engagement through our programming and that we are poised to continue producing exciting new exhibitions and exceptional programming to meet our mission for preservation\, inspiration\, and education.
URL:https://www.bcri.org/event/bcri-birthday-bash/
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SUMMARY:Hispanic Heritage Month
DESCRIPTION:Ten years ago after Alabama’s HB56 anti-immigration bill shook us to the core\, BCRI invited the community to gather for a weekend of Latinx heritage\, celebration\, and reflection. Our free community activities included Spanish interpreted tours of our historic galleries and a courtyard reception with great food\, fellowship and live entertainment from TropLKUmbiera. \nWe presented a full day of free programs including panels\, community conversations\, and luncheon workshops. With more interpreted tours\, attendees took moving and unforgettable journey through history and experienced what life was like in Birmingham as the civil and human rights movements took shape here – in the heart of the Civil Rights District. To help provide boundaries and context for the endeavor\, the event was framed around HB56\, the Anti-immigration Bill. \nThe lessons of HB56 remain clear. Our fight against anti-immigrant laws continues. Now\, our objective to preserve and tell the Birmingham Civil Rights Story continues. We invited the community to share their experiences in Alabama as a result of HB56 through photographs\, audio recordings\, and memorabilia. These contributions will be carefully preserved and included in BCRI’s archives for safekeeping and future educational programs. We plan to curate the acquired materials for a planned 2022 Latinx themed exhibit at The Institute.
URL:https://www.bcri.org/event/hispanic-heritage-month/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210824
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SUMMARY:Who's On The Wall
DESCRIPTION:So many interesting and important personalities have come out of Birmingham but none more so than the individuals whose likenesses adorn the exterior wall of the Firehouse Community Arts Center located in Avondale. Sun Ra\, the Rev Fred Shuttlesworth\, Angela Davis\, and Spider Martin have\, in their own distinct ways\, changed the course of Birmingham’s tumultuous story. Firehouse Community Arts Center and BCRI presented a series of public\, outside events at the Center this year that focused on and celebrated the life of each person depicted. Each month\, between April and August\, invited speakers discussed the significance of these former Birmingham residents and their relevance to the history of the city.
URL:https://www.bcri.org/event/whos-on-the-wall/
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