Sat, Apr 06, 2024 , 4:00pm-5:00pm Location International African American Museum 14 Wharfside Street Charleston, SC Directions Description: Join us for an electrifying journey into the heart of music with “Keys & Conversations” on April 6 at the International African American Museum. This special evening features the Amen-RA Drummers, Marwan Amen-Ra and Chi Amen-Ra, who …
Charleston Regional Business Journal: Charleston museum to host world premier of first-of-its-kind exhibit
The International African American Museum will host the world premier of a special exhibition highlighting the African-American search for freedom and self-determination. Read More
Forbes: Where You Should Go In Charleston Now
If you amble down Legare (pronounced Luh-gree) Street, one of the prettiest streets in Charleston’s South of Broad, you pass filigree ironwork gates and secret gardens, antebellum mansions and live oaks. Then suddenly, in front of one of the mansions, there’s a large stone half circle on the street. Read More
WCBD-TV Count On News2: West African drummers to perform at International African American Museum
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The International African American Museum (IAAM) is hosting a West African drumming experience as part of its summer Keys and Conversation program. The Amen-Ra Drummers will join the IAAM for a performance and conversation on West African rhythms and their influence on American popular music. The event is scheduled from 4 …
AKH99 Black News: West African drummers to perform at International African American Museum
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The International African American Museum (IAAM) is hosting a West African drumming experience as part of its summer Keys and Conversation program. Read More
International African American Museum takes a novel approach to spring break
Charleston, S.C. – In early March, the International African American Museum (IAAM) welcomed students from the College of Charleston, Benedict College, and the College of the Holy Cross as participants in its first annual Alternate Spring Break (ASB) program. IAAM’s ASB program gives students an alternative to the typical spring break affording them the …
Greenville Business Magazine: The Business Narrative: Follow the North Star
International African American Museum to Host World Premiere of Traveling Exhibition (Image provided. “The Negro Motorist Green Book: 1947” from The New York Public Library Digital Collections.) The International African American Museum (IAAM) in Charleston, South Carolina, will host the world premiere of a special exhibition highlighting the African American search for freedom and self-determination. Read More
Charleston Regional Business Journal: Charleston museum to host world premier of first-of-its-kind exhibit
The International African American Museum will host the world premier of a special exhibition highlighting the African-American search for freedom and self-determination. Entitled Follow the North Star: Freedom in the Age of Mobility, it is the first to be curated and crafted by IAAM that is designed to travel to other museums around the country, …
Carnegie Mellon University: Historian Illuminates Crucial Chapter of Harriet Tubman’s Legacy
Harriet Tubman, who escaped enslavement and helped more than 70 others out of bondage via the Underground Railroad, also was instrumental in the success of what was possibly the largest rebellion of enslaved people in U.S. history. Read More
USA Today: New Alabama sculpture park, Black history museums are changing the way history is told
MONTGOMERY, Ala. ‒ From a wooden bench at the edge of the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, visitors can see the Alabama River where enslaved Africans were transported and sold into a life of forced labor. From the wide windows on the second floor of the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, visitors can …