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The theme of the 2010 lecture series was "Masithete" (Xhosa for "lets talk)," in part a response to the poor sanitation conditions in a section of Khayelitsha known as Makhaza where miscommunication between community members and government officials resulted in certain residents having to use toilets without walls or roofs.
The ethnic makeup of Khayelitsha is approximately 99.5% Black African, 0.47% Coloured and 0.03% White, with Xhosa being the predominant language of the residents. [12] Khayelitsha has a very young population, with fewer than 7% of its residents being over 50 years old and over 40% of its residents being under 19.
ASHEVILLE — The YMI, one of the oldest Black cultural centers in the country, had just completed its $6.9 million renovations after breaking ground two years before. A grand reopening was ...
Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center: Scottsboro: Alabama: 2010 [148] Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum: Memphis: Tennessee: 1997 [149] Slave Mart Museum: Charleston: South Carolina: 1938 [150] Smith-Robertson Museum and Cultural Center Jackson: Mississippi: 1984 [151] Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum ...
In 1956, Al Abram, a distant relative of mine, made history as the first Black student to accept an athletic scholarship at Mizzou in any sport. Abram played basketball for the Tigers from 1958-60.
Located on 4343 S. Cottage Grove Ave, in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, this center is intended to act as a performing arts space dedicated to Black artists and creators, with a museum that ...
Gugulethu, along with Nyanga, was established in the 1960s due to the overcrowding of Langa, which was the only black residential area for Cape Town at the time. During the Apartheid era, black South Africans were not permitted to live in the city of Cape Town, and many people were removed from areas such as District Six to Gugulethu, Nyanga ...