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TAVIS' TRAVELING MUSEUM PREVIEWED ONLINE: Webcast for 'America I AM: The African American Imprint' to be held next week.
*Tavis Smiley will host "America I AM Live," a free Webcast offering a sneak preview of the upcoming America I AM: The African American Imprint museum exhibition.
This nationwide virtual preview will be the first glimpse into the galleries of the traveling museum exhibition that will open in November celebrating 400 years of African American contributions to the nation through artifacts, documents, multimedia, photos and music.
The Webcast will be live at http://www.AmericaIAM.org from 8:15-8:30 a.m. EDT on Tuesday (June 17) with Smiley moderating simultaneously on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. Pre-registration is recommended and is available as of today at http://www.AmericaIAM.org.
Developed in partnership with The Smiley Group, Inc., and organized by Arts and Exhibitions International (AEI) and Cincinnati Museum Center, America I AM: The African American Imprint is a four-year touring exhibition that will tell the story of the nation's African people and their legacies through objects, texts, religion, music, narration and media culled from every period of U.S. history.
The twelve galleries, each with its own music thematic, plus theater experiences, will convey a journey from struggle to triumph to celebration. The galleries include: Where it Started, The Promise, Fight Over the Promise, Jim Crow, Religion, Freedom Fighting, Double Victory, Expressive Culture, and Spirit of Celebration. The final gallery, "What Is My Imprint?," will allow visitors to record their own thoughts and voices as they exit the exhibition building, thereby creating a living imprint archive that will grow with each museum stop.
Following the Webcast, a nationwide mobile tour, "America I AM Across America," in support of the exhibition will kick off July 4 during the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans.
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