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by Dan
Perkins
Source:
Black PR Wire dated June 25, 2008
America
I AM Across America, a mobile
preview of a museum exhibition entitled
America I AM: The African American
Imprint, made its debut July 4
at the ESSENCE Music Festival in
New Orleans. The mobile exhibition
will bring its inspirational message to
more than 40 communities across the
country between July 4th and the end of
October. The museum exhibition,
which will open in November, is a
celebration of 400 years of African
American contributions to the nation
through artifacts, documents,
multimedia, photos and music.
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America I AM
Across
America
Touring
Schedule |
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ALABAMA |
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Birmingham |
July 22-23 |
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Mobile |
July 27 |
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Montgomery |
July 24-25 |
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ARKANSAS |
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Bentonville |
Oct 20 |
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Little Rock |
Oct 21 |
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ARIZONA |
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Phoenix |
Sept. 16-17 |
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CALIFORNIA |
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Los Angeles |
Sept. 12-14 |
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Oakland/San
Francisco |
Sept. 8-10 |
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San Diego |
Sept. 15 |
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COLORADO |
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Denver |
Sept. 4-5 |
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DELAWARE |
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Wilmington |
Oct 26-27 |
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FLORIDA |
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Jacksonville |
Aug 5-6 |
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Orlando |
July 30 -
Aug 3 |
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GEORGIA |
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Atlanta |
July 17-20 |
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Macon |
Aug 8 |
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ILLINOIS |
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Chicago |
Aug 27-29
Nov 15-20 |
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KANSAS |
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Kansas City |
Aug 31-Sept.
1 |
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LOUISIANA |
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New Orleans |
July 4-6 |
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MARYLAND |
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Baltimore |
Oct 24-25 |
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MICHIGAN |
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Detroit |
Nov 11-13 |
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MISSISSIPPI |
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Jackson |
Oct 14 |
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MISSOURI |
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St. Louis |
July 8-10 |
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NEW JERSEY |
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Newark |
Oct 30-31 |
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Trenton |
Oct 28-29 |
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NEW YORK |
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New York
City |
Nov 11-13 |
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NORTH
CAROLINA |
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Charlotte |
Aug 15-16 |
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Greensboro |
Oct 7 |
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Jamestown |
Oct 3 |
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Raleigh/Durham |
Oct 5-6 |
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Winston-Salem |
Oct 8 |
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OHIO |
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Cincinnati |
July 12-15 |
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Cleveland |
Nov 7-9 |
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PENNSYLVANIA |
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Philadelphia |
Aug 22-24 |
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Pittsburgh |
Aug 19-20 |
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SOUTH
CAROLINA |
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Charleston |
Aug 10-11 |
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Columbia |
Aug 13-14 |
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TENNESSEE |
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Memphis |
Oct 12-13 |
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Nashville |
Oct 10-11 |
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TEXAS |
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Dallas |
Sept. 20-21 |
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Houston |
Oct. 16-18 |
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VIRGINIA |
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Hampton |
Oct 2 |
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Jamestown |
Oct 3 |
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Richmond |
Sept. 30-Oct
1 |
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WASHINGTON,
DC |
Sept. 24-28 |
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For more
information,
visit:
http://www.americaiam.org |
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America
I AM Across America serves as a
traveling microcosm of the exhibition.
It offers the public a multi-sensory
experience complete with artifacts,
text, video, music and a unique visitor
interactive opportunity. In a customized
mobile recording booth, visitors
have the opportunity to leave their own
“imprints” as recorded video messages
that travel with the exhibition.
This living imprint will grow to become
the largest oral history project in U.S.
history as the exhibit travels to cities
across the country.
As the
mobile exhibition travels the nation, it
will make appearances at a wide array of
venues, including festivals, African
American museums, landmarks, schools and
other community gatherings. The
mobile exhibition will travel to New
Orleans, St. Louis, Atlanta,
Jacksonville, Memphis, Denver, Los
Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix,
Washington, D.C., New York,
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Detroit,
Cleveland, Chicago, and many more
cities.
The museum
exhibition is made possible by
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., which serves
as its presenting sponsor, as well as
the host of the mobile tour in several
cities. A full schedule will be
available soon at www.AmericaIAM.org.
“I’ve
participated in the ESSENCE Music
Festival numerous times, and I’m always
looking for any excuse to return to New
Orleans! The ESSENCE Music Festival is
the perfect place to kick off this tour
and I’m looking forward to visiting
other communities as well, as this tour
travels across America,” said Tavis
Smiley.
“Wal-Mart
is proud to be part of such an
innovative display of the trials and
triumphs of the African-American
community,” said Rosalind Brewer,
president, Southeast Division, Wal-Mart
Stores, Inc. “It is important to
recognize African-American history as
American history and as something that
should be celebrated throughout the
year. And there is no better way to
share the enormous contributions of
African-Americans with communities
across the country than through a
nationwide traveling exhibit.”
America I
AM: The African American Imprint was
developed in partnership with The
Smiley Group, Inc., and organized by
Arts and Exhibitions International (AEI)
and Cincinnati Museum Center.
The three parties developed a four-year
touring exhibition that will tell the
story of the nation’s African people and
their legacies through objects, texts,
religion, music, narration and media
culled from every period of the nation’s
history. Featuring more than 150
extraordinary artifacts, the exhibit
will present a historical continuum of
pivotal moments in courage, conviction
and creativity that solidifies the
undeniable imprint of African Americans
across the nation and around the world.
More
details about the mobile tour and
exhibition, including a gallery
walkthrough moderated by Tavis Smiley,
are available at www.AmericaIAM.org.
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