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    Black History

    28 Days of Black Excellence
    Black History Month (Featuring photos from Shon Curtis)
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    Black History Month events, contests planned in Dayton area communities
    "Dance to THE MOVEMENT" by artist Alice Gatewood Waddell is among the artworks on display for Black History Month at Edward A. Dixon Gallery, 118 W. First St., in Dayton. CONTRIBUTED
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    ‘I never thought in a million years this little girl from Ohio — Dayton — would be...
    Hannah Beachler, winner of the Best Production Design award for "Black Panther," walks off stage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on Feb. 24, 2019 in Hollywood, Calif.  MATT SAYLES HANDOUT / A.M.P.A.S. VIA GETTY IMAGES
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    ‘Black history is American history’: Author Wil Haygood to discuss new book about Vietnam...
    Author and journalist Wil Haygood will discuss his new book, “The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home,” at the University of Dayton’s Roger Glass Center for the Arts Wednesday, Feb. 25.
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    Dayton Contemporary Dance Company proudly ‘Black By Popular Demand’
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    ‘For Colored Girls’ to illuminate Black womanhood at Edward A. Dixon Gallery in Dayton
    The cast of INNOVAtheatre's production of "For Colored Girls," which will be performed Feb. 20-22 at the Edward A. Dixon Gallery in downtown Dayton. CONTRIBUTED
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    Jamaal Durr views Black fatherhood as ‘a means of historical correction’
    Jamaal Durr was among the panelists of the EPIC Inspires arts symposium Feb. 28, 2025 at the Dayton Arcade. Photo credit: @ScottyDfoto
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    Black History Month spotlight: Sean Freeman values family, fatherhood, community
    Sean Freeman, project manager for the Omega Community Development Corporation. CONTRIBUTED
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    Set in the year 2119: Cincinnati Opera to showcase Black experience through Afrofuturism
    Writer, performance poet, oral historian, and activist Tifara Brown is the librettist of "Lalovavi," which will debut at the Cincinnati Opera in June 2025. CONTRIBUTED
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    PHOTOS: Freed Will exhibit at Dayton Metro Library
    Freed Will: The Randolph Freedpeople from Slavery to Settlement is a traveling exhibition on display until March 1...
    Freed Will: The Randolph Freedpeople from Slavery to Settlement is a traveling exhibition on display until March 1, 2024 at the Dayton Metro Library’s Main Branch at 215 E. Third St. in downtown Dayton. Curated by the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center in Wilberforce, the exhibit tells the story of one of the largest emancipations in American history when nearly 400 formerly enslaved people journeyed from Charlotte County, Virginia to Ohio’s Miami Valley. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
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