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
