Celebrate Black History Month with ABC7
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LOS ANGELES (KABC) ABC7 is proud to celebrate Black History Month this February by spotlighting the culture and achievements of local Black Americans.
Also called African American History Month, the celebration was originally recognized as Negro History Week until 1976 when it expanded to a month. Learn more HERE.
Watch the videos in the playlist above which include:
Philadelphia rapper Chill Moody s spoken word poem
A look at Shaw University s rich history: The oldest HBCU in the South
The 2021 Kingdom Day Celebration
Santa Ana museum honors Marine Corps sergeant who broke barriers
Black families and honoring the history of their ancestors
Black Music City received more than $30,000 in funding to distribute to artists in the Philly area, including parts of New Jersey and Delaware.
The program also received funding from the Wyncote Foundation, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit known for its support of local arts.
Black Music City celebrates the city’s legacy of Black musicians and other creatives that got their start in Philly, like John Coltrane, Jill Scott, Questlove, and Tierra Whack, among many others.
“Black Music City is a program that calls upon Black creatives in the greater Philadelphia area (PA, NJ, DE) working in any creative medium to submit their project ideas honoring Philly’s Black music history and apply for a project grant, the program s website says.