Join us every first Tuesday for story time at Hemisfair. Each month young explorers learn and play around the theme of being different while being included. A short story is shared followed by a hands-on learning activity. We look forward to seeing you in the park!
Food is a universal love language, and in the Black community, this love runs deep. It comes from a desire to nourish others, spend time together, maintain traditions, and stay within our means. As descendants from Africa, a land of many countries and tribes, we brought our traditions to this land through different ports and different means. One thing is similar, food is a way of building and protecting our culture. Sunday dinners, family reunions, weekday supper and holidays like Juneteenth provides the backdrop for our community to come together and celebrate the legacy that is embedded in our DNA....
I Am Not Your Negro is a 2016 documentary film and social critique film essay directed by Raoul Peck, based on James Baldwin's unfinished manuscript Remember This House. Narrated by actor Samuel L. Jackson, the film explores the history of racism in the United States through Baldwin's recollections of civil rights leaders Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr., as well as his personal observations of American history. It was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 89th Academy Awards and won the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary. Stay after the film to discuss the impact of...
Bexar County and the Tobin Center culminate Juneteenth 2023 with a celebration of gospel music. The San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum (SAAACAM) is proud to facilitate this event celebrating the emancipation of the enslaved here in Texas. SAAACAM is collaborating with the Gospel Haus and Museum to present the stories steeped in freedom and joy from San Antonio and Houston gospel music legends. The show opens with the San Antonio Gospel Heritage Choir. Their song selection is curated by J. C. Edwards, Gary Givens, Earl Jackson, Michael Potts and Dominique Jones. The Gospel Heritage Choir will perform...
Join us every first Tuesday for story time at Hemisfair. Each month young explorers learn and play around the theme of being different while being included. A short story is shared followed by a hands-on learning activity. We look forward to seeing you in the park!
The film chronicles the story behind hundreds of civil rights activists called Freedom Riders that challenged racial segregation in American interstate transportation during the Civil Rights Movement. The activist traveled together in small interracial groups and sat wherever they chose on buses and trains to compel equal access to terminal restaurants and waiting rooms. They brought the ongoing practice of racial segregation in the southern United States to national attention. Stay after the movie to engage in a rich discussion about the cost of freedom. ADMISSION IS FREE BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. This program was made possible in part...
Join us every first Tuesday for story time at Hemisfair. Each month young explorers learn and play around the theme of being different while being included. A short story is shared followed by a hands-on learning activity. We look forward to seeing you in the park!
Judas and the Black Messiah is a 2021 American biographical crime drama film about the betrayal of Fred Hampton (played by Daniel Kaluuya), chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party in late-1960s Chicago, by William O'Neal (played by LaKeith Stanfield), an FBI informant. Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Lil Rel Howery, Algee Smith, Dominique Thorne, and Martin Sheen also star. The film is directed and produced by Shaka King, who wrote the screenplay with Will Berson, based on a story by the pair and Kenny and Keith Lucas. An enlightening discussion about San Antonio's...
Join us every first Tuesday for story time at Hemisfair. Each month young explorers learn and play around the theme of being different while being included. A short story is shared followed by a hands-on learning activity. We look forward to seeing you in the park!
The Story of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Marching Band Culture is the first and only feature documentary to document, research, and share in rich detail the history of the marching band culture infused with the personal stories from HBCU Marching Band alumni spanning 70 years. Do you love marching bands? Stay after the film for the conversation with local band directors and band alumni. ADMISSION IS FREE, BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED! This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
To collect, preserve and share the cultural heritage of African Americans in the San Antonio region.
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