We are excited to present this phenomenal opportunity for the youth of our community!!! đ This is our first ever Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Fair and on-site admission event. Register TODAY!!! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-national-hampton-alumni-association-of-roanoke-hbcu-college-fair-of-2018…
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The Harrison Museum of African American Culture announces a dual exhibition, âMANY FACESâ featuring photographer Robert Houston and âFAMILY PICTURES from UNEXPECTED PLACESâ featuring photographer Anthony French. The exhibition, a photographic essay on American life, documents âLife in Resurrection Cityâ, the concept of coming back to life
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Join us on Sunday, May 7th at 2:00 PM for an afternoon of fashion and tea. See the latest trends and traditions in hat design from local vendors and hat collectors. Participants are encouraged to wear their favorite hats (gentlemen too) and can be a part of
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The Mountaintop By Katori HallDrama, Staged Reading | February 24 â February 25 The Mountaintop takes place on the evening of April 3, 1968 in a motel room in Memphis, Tennessee. The story centers on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., prominent leader of the American civil rights
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The Harrison Museum of African American Culture Celebrates the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture with the Smithsonian Poster Exhibition for Black History Month! Please R.S.V.P to 540-857-4395 Admission for the opening is $10.
Read more →âExtraordinary Crowns,â an exhibit of African American Hats Contact: Charles Price, Board President, 540.857.4395 Harrison Museum of African American History and Culture On January 8, 2017, the Harrison Museum will open the exhibit âExtraordinary Crowns: The Collection of Irma Jean Young Smith.â Highlighting around 30 crowns
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Please join us on September 11, 2016, 1pm – 4pm at the Hotel Roanoke for our 6th Annual Sunday Jazz Brunch & Silent Auction benefiting the Harrison Museum of African American Culture, featuring entertainment by Custom Vibes. Please RSVP by September 5, 2016 Sunday, September 11, 2016,
Read more →On Tuesday, July 19, 2016 from 5:30pm-7:30pm, the Harrison Museum is proud to host a film presentation entitled Oscar Micheaux: God’s Step Children!!! This film is a part of our Artists & Musicians Lecture Series. We are pleased to have Amy Gerber-Stroh, Film Professor at Hollins University
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Over the last twenty years Sarah Hazlegrove’s Tobacco People project has sent the Roanoke based photographer around the world. What began as a distinctly personal project recording the small community of people that had grown up around the production of tobacco on her family’s farm in Prince
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Harrison Museum of African American Culture
P O Box 12544
Roanoke, VA 24026
Telephone: 540-857-4395
Fax: 540-224-1238
info@harrisonmuseum.com
