Five ways you can celebrate Black History Month virtually
Honoring Black History Month may look and feel a lot different this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. But there are still plenty of ways to celebrate.
Across the country, organizations are providing safe ways for people to commemorate the month virtually.
Here’s a look at five ways you can partake in honoring the month without leaving your home.
Participate in online events
Throughout the month of February, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is launching virtual events and conversations that affirm and preserve the accomplishments of African Americans throughout history. Events are free and open to all but registration is required.
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Like nearly everything else, late-night musical performances don’t look the way they did a year ago. It’s not just that musicians in these contexts are playing to mostly vacant studios or places with a single-digit number of audience members.
It’s that a growing number of artists and bands with spots on network talk shows are slowly figuring out a new form that exists somewhere between concert and music video. Of course, that’s a line that was pushed well before last spring. (Take Spike Jonze’s live-to-tape video for Karen O & Danger Mouse’s “Woman” or Travis Scott’s euphoric “goosebumps” on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”) But what used to be a rare occurence has inched a lot closer towards the norm. With packed studios still a possibility in the distance, this new way of bringing music to these shows is giving musical acts and the shows they appear on a
Chicago Children s Theatre continues to expand its free, at-home virtual theater and learning programs with a new podcast series for kids and families.
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Navigating at-home learning in the middle of a pandemic can be challenging for parents, especially if you are trying to help supplement your child’s online schooling with fun and informative projects.
This Black History Month, try incorporating some of the activities below into your family’s remote education routine.
Play red light green light
The classic playground game is a great way to introduce your kids to Garrett Morgan, the inventor of the three-position traffic signal. The inventor was a pillar of his community and co-founded the Cleveland Association of Colored Men, which eventually merged with the NAACP. He also invented a smoke hood that is the predecessor of modern-day gas masks.
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