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PRESS RELEASE ARCHIVE

2011

January 7, 2011 - Legendary Singer Freda Payne and Actor Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter to Celebrate the Legacy of Dr. King at CAAM with Special Performances by Recording Artist Abraham McDonald

March 2, 2011 - Actors James Avery and Jeffrey Anderson Gunter To Host Our Mothers, Our Sisters, Our Queens, Our Own, A Women's History Month Celebration At CAAM

March 2, 2011 - Great-Great Grandson of Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington TO Lecture On Preserving His Family Legacy

September 15, 2011 - Miguel Covarrubias Embodies The Spirit Of Many Cultures In An Exhibition Featured At The California African American Museum

September 26, 2011 - CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM PRESENTS PLACES OF VALIDATION, ART & PROGRESSION

September 29, 2011 - LEGENDARY MUSICIAN AND COMPOSER HERBIE HANCOCK ONE OF THREE TO BE HONORED WITH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. California African American Museum Presents An Artful Evening at CAAM

September 29, 2011 - Musical Phenomenon Naturally 7 Hits Los Angeles. Tributes Herbie Hancock, Betye Saar & Donald McKayle at CAAM Gala, October 15. Performs Full Live Concert at CAAM, October 16.

September 30, 2011 - ‘ALL JAZZED UP AT CAAM’. A TARGET SUNDAYS PROGRAM AT THE CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM Featuring Michael Bearden, musical director for Michael Jackson’s ‘This is It’.

October 31, 2011 - TARGET SUNDAYS AT CAAM SUBMIT AN OFFICIAL ‘THANK YOU’ TO AMERICA’S TROOPS AND VETERANS

November 29, 2011 - Broadway History To Be Made In Los Angeles’ Exposition Park “Black Stars of The Great White Way” – A Chapman Roberts Concept

December 9, 2011 - Hundreds Of Children To Participate In A Holiday Learning Event In Exposition Park

December 21, 2011 - Celebrate The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. At The California African American Museum in a Two-Day Event

2009

May 5, 2009 - The California African American Museum History Council Presents A Discussion With Rita Walters, Los Angeles’ First African American City Councilwoman

April 18,2009 - Hats Reign at Hattitude Day During Target Sundays @ CAAM

March 6, 2009 - The California African American Museum History Council Presents An Inside Look at Integrating The Los Angeles Fire Department in The Early 1940’s

February 6, 2009 - California African American Museum Exhibit On Display In State Capitol During February Lauds California Black Press

February 2, 2009 - State Museum Loans Art Treasures To Bakersfield Art Museum For Harlem Renaissance Exhibition Running Throughout February

January 21, 2009 - “Inaugural Watch” Event Caps Off Three Extraordinary Days Of Community Celebration at the California African American Museum

January 14, 2009 - California African American Museum To Celebrate “A Dream Realized”

January 14, 2009 - A Reminder: Target Sundays @ CAAM Moves to Sunday, January 18 To Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

2008

December 26, 2007 - California African American Museum Honors Dr. King on January 20 and 21, 2008

2007

Pasadena Playhouse Artistic Director to Speak at CAAM

August 22, 2007 - California African American Museum at State Fair in Sacramento

August 17, 2007 - California African American Museum Celebrates The 35th anniversary of Wattstax Concert with a CAAM/STAX Block Party

July 7, 2007 - Assemblage Artist John Outterbridge Is Featured Guest At California African American Museum

Lasting Foundations: The Art Of Architecture In Africa

Between Two Worlds: The Alitash Kebede Collection

2006

January 4, 2006 - California African American Museum Honors Martin Luther King, Jr. During the Year’s First Target Sundays @ CAAM

2005

“Growin’ Out of Gospel” Celebration Set for California African American Museum

March 16, 2005 - CAAM Heats Up With New Exhibition "Afterburn"

March 17, 2005 - Jazz Sizzles In New Exhibition At CAAM

February 23, 2005 - California First Lady Speaks At Inaugural Women's Luncheon At CAAM

2004

September 20, 2004 - Apartheid Examined In Powerful New Exhibit At CAAM - 10th Anniversary Commemorated through the Photography of Peter Magubane

December 13, 2004 - New Sunday Cultural Series At CAAM - Entitled Target Sundays at CAAM: Telling our Stories, Experiencing our Art and Sharing our History

December 9, 2004 - Pathways Exhibit Showcasing Local African American Artists Opens in January at CAAM

October 20, 2004 - Ethnically Diverse Group Of Authors And Celebrity Kids Come Together To Excite Children Of All Ages On Stories, Writing And Bookmaking - Program To Be Held in Conjunction with National Children’s Book Week

2003

July 2, 2003 - Charmaine Jefferson Takes Helm At California African American Museum New Director Brings Paula Madison and Shawn Farrar to Foundation Board