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12/4/2008 - 12/4/2008
CD Forum: American Heritage Series: Afro-Mexico
Northwest African American Museum | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
CD Forum Presents:
American Heritage Series: Afro-Mexico
Co-sponsored by Northwest African American Museum
Thursday, December 4 2008
7pm at the Northwest African American Museum
2300 South Massachusetts St.; Seattle, WA
American Heritage is an ongoing series of lectures and discussions that offer new perspectives on the role of African-Americans in American History. This is the first installment dealing with the African Diaspora. The African presence in Mexico is rarely recognized or wildly known. Two hundred years before the United States abolished slavery, a community of free Blacks was established in the 1600’s in what is now Veracruz. As a result, issues of nationalism, color and race are integral to the discussion of what it means to be Mexican. Join the CD Forum and panel of experts as we discuss historical and contemporary issues of Afromestizo identity
Sponsor: CD Forum
Contact: 206-323-4032 or email info@cdforum.org