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Our Stories: Black Families in Spokane

Our Stories: Black Families in Spokane

Join us at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (the MAC) on June 28th, 11am-4pm, for Our Stories: Black Families in Spokane. This celebration of Spokane’s Black community and heritage features a full day of activities:

• DJ Rosethrow spinning Motown and old-school rap on the museum plaza
• Food trucks
• A basketball shootaround
• Living descendants of Spokane Black pioneers and dignitaries sharing memories and memorabilia from their families, and African American-owned businesses and organizations
• Documentaries on Black persons from Spokane’s past and films produced by New Developed Nations, the Martin Luther King Jr. Family Outreach Center, Carl Maxey Center, and NAACP
• All-day drop-in artmaking in the museum’s Create Space
• Open admission to the museum’s exhibitions—Driving the American Dream: 1970s Car Design; It Happened Here: Expo ’74 Fifty Years After; 1924: Sovereignty, Leadership, and the Indian Citizenship Act; and the historic Campbell House.

This event is free and open to everyone thanks to the generous support of presenting sponsor, Innovia Foundation.

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
Free
11:00 AM - 04:00 PM on Fri, 28 Jun 2024

Event Supported By

Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture
509-456-3931
david.brum@northwestmuseum.org
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
2316 W 1st Ave
Spokane, Washington 99201
(509) 456-3931
visitorservices@northwestmuseum.org