The Witte Museum's Black Cowboy Exhibit Steering Committee Chair, Aaronetta Pierce, moderates a conversation between esteemed scholar Dr. Daina Ramey Berry, Professor and Chair of the History Department at The University of Texas at Austin and co-curator Ronald W. Davis II, PhD Candidate in History at the University of Texas at Austin on Black cowboys and the American West. Admission is free but registration is required.

Join us for 100 minutes of Black History on the beautiful San Antonio River.  Our engaging tour guides will take you on a thought-provoking mental journey through time. Learn about the impact of African Americans in the center core of San Antonio.  If a scheduled date does not work for you, we can schedule a private charter for you. Feel free to contact us for charter information at programdir@saaacam.org

The Videos Start by screening “The Texas Sit-Ins, 1960” and “San Antonio, 1960: A Quiet Revolution.” Learn how young African Americans helped re-energize the national Civil Rights Movement by protesting racial discrimination at public lunch counters across the South. In San Antonio, Mary Lillian Andrews pushed the city to produce the first peaceful, voluntary lunch counter integration of the national sit-in movement. Mexican Americans also struggled to obtain equal treatment. “San Antonio: Cradle of Mexican American Civil Rights” provides an overview of San Antonio’s national prominence in addressing and promoting the rights of Mexican Americans in the face of widespread...

Join Deborah Omowale Jarmon, CEO/Director of San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum (SAAACAM), in conversation with Lola Kelly Wilcox Moore of the Wilcox Ranch in Seguin and Rosalind Alexander-Kasparik of The Alexander Farm in Pilot Knob, to discuss the restoration of Black ranches and farms in Texas. Come early to view the exhibit and stay for the program starting at 6:30 PM.