The blues tells a story...“The blues echoes right through into soul, R&B and hip hop." The Rhode Island Black Film Festival welcomes James Montgomery's Bonnie Blue: James Cotton's Life in the Blues. The sultry evening will include music, a screening of the documentary on the most prolific blues artist James Cotton, and a discussion of […]
Presented by Rhode Island Black Film Festival Saturday, Feb. 10, 2:00 pm Rhode Island Historical Society, 110 Benevolent St., Providence FREE and open to the public Register here: https://www.simpletix.com/e/dr-ira-reid-haverford-colleges-unsung-scho-tickets-155628 Dr. Ira Reid: Haverford College's Unsung Scholar Activist tells the story of the unsung, pioneering transformational scholar who strengthened the chorus of justice, peace and equal opportunity […]
PRICE OF ADMISSION is a documentary film about Rhode Island Black Baseball, tells a story about baseball, power, money, and the black community from the early 1900's through the Jazz Age and the Great Depression of the 1930's. The screening hosted by Brown University's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion will feature a panel discussion […]
Dr. Ira Reid: Haverford College’s Unsung Scholar Activist tells the story of the unsung, pioneering transformational scholar who strengthened the chorus of justice, peace and equal opportunity for all. In the first half of the 20th century, Ira de Augustine Reid was the first African American who had taught at a predominantly Black Southern university to […]
