Events & Lectures...
Events
BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION
February 2, 19, 23
Theme: The Souls of Black Folk
From W.E.B. DuBois’ "The Souls of Black Folk" (1903), a seminal work in African American literature and an American classic. The intent of this book of essays, at that time, was to impress upon the world the particular experience of being an African American some forty years after the Civil War.
With this theme, the Celebration events will examine what was best about black culture historically and how that legacy can now benefit not only African Americans but the broader community.
Schedule
- Saturday, February 2, 2:00 p.m. at the Griot Tent
- Story of The Journey of Henry Box Brown
- True story of a slave's brave determination, courage and dangerous quest for freedom that neither children nor adults will soon forget.
- Children ages 3-10
- Children will make and take home crafts
- True story of a slave's brave determination, courage and dangerous quest for freedom that neither children nor adults will soon forget.
- Story of The Journey of Henry Box Brown
- Tuesday, February 19, at 7:00 p.m
in the Conference Room
- “R-E-S-P-E-C-T When Did We Lose It? How Do We Get It Back
- A unique forum, facilitated by Leon Daniel Watts, Assistant Federal Public Defender. Community leaders and cultural influencers will challenge the collective silence about the erosion of respect for human values in America and how it impacts the perception of Black America in today's media
- All Ages
- A unique forum, facilitated by Leon Daniel Watts, Assistant Federal Public Defender. Community leaders and cultural influencers will challenge the collective silence about the erosion of respect for human values in America and how it impacts the perception of Black America in today's media
- “R-E-S-P-E-C-T When Did We Lose It? How Do We Get It Back
- Saturday, February 23, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
- Sankofa Celebration in the Park
- Sankofa is expressed as a mythic bird that flies forward while looking backward with an egg in its mouth symbolizing the future. Sankofa, literally translated from the Akan language, means "it is not taboo to go back and fetch what you forgot."
- All Ages
- Sankofa is expressed as a mythic bird that flies forward while looking backward with an egg in its mouth symbolizing the future. Sankofa, literally translated from the Akan language, means "it is not taboo to go back and fetch what you forgot."
- Sankofa Celebration in the Park
- For more information about this event call 321.264.6595
Annual Moore Heritage Festival of The Arts & Humanities
March 6-9, 2008
March 6-7
Education Symposium
(BCC-Titusville)
March 6
Evening with Evangeline Moore
(Cocoa Village Playhouse with Actor Bob Devin Jones as Harry T. Moore)
March 7
Moore Awards Gala
(Holiday Inn Express, Cocoa)
March 8
Men Who Bar-B-Q Competition
(Moore Memorial Park)
March 8-9
Street Festival
(Moore Memorial Park)
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Sponsored by Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Cultural Complex, Inc.
Annual Calendar
February
- Black History Month 2008
- ‘The Soul of Black Folk”
March
- Women’s History Month 2008
- Women Who Dare to “Fly”
April
- National Poetry Month 2008
- The Burning Word Café presents ”The Genius of Words”
June
- Black Music Month
- The Secret Places of the Soul
November
- Celebration of Harry T. Moore Birthday
December
- Christmas in the Park
Dates TBA
- Back to the Root
- “R-E-S-P-E-C-T When Did We Lose It? How Do We Get It Back?”
- I Didn’t Know That — Looking into closets, chests, garages and finding treasures!
- Symphonic Exaltation of the Mind -- book signing, discussion, lecture
- Meeting of the Minds -- tentatively a lecture, workshop, or symposium
- Jazz Under the Stars
See also...
Parks & Recreation Department Event Calendar
