ACs Creative Mind Lecture Series: Black Renaissance of Pittsburgh

Black Renaissance of Pittsburgh will spotlight the significant upsurge in prosperity among African-Americans during this momentous era — in everything from entrepreneurship and sports to, perhaps most significantly, the arts.

All four lectures are free and open to the public.

The schedule:

Thursday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. — Mikel Patrick Avery, interdisciplinary artist, Chicago

AC Washington Street Campus, Concert Hall Theater

“Expressions of Migration: Exploring Creative Methods of Examining History”

Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. — Dr. Sandra G. Shannon, professor emerita of American literature, Howard University

AC Downtown Campus, Bud Joyner Auditorium

“A Transplant That Did Not Take: The Great Debate on the Great Migration in August Wilson’s American Century Cycle”

Thursday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. — Marlin McKay, flugelhornist, jazz recording artist and artist in residence, Kentucky State University

AC Washington Street Campus, Concert Hall Theater

“Something to Live For: Musings from the Illustrated Life of Billy Strayhorn”

Friday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. — Marlin McKay, jazz recording artist and artist in residence, Kentucky State University

AC Washington Street Campus, Concert Hall Theater

“Performance: Strayhorn — A Collection of Compositions by Billy Strayhorn”

For more information about the Creative Mind Humanities Lecture Series at Amarillo College, please contact Kristin Edford, instructor of humanities, at 806-371-5205 or visit actx.edu/humanities.