DuSable Museum Blog http://www.dusablemuseum.org/ en Copyright 2011 2011-06-11T00:34:20+00:00 The DuSable Is Going Places! http://www.dusablemuseum.org/blog/the-dusable-is-going-places http://www.dusablemuseum.org/blog/the-dusable-is-going-places The DuSable Museum is excited to return to offering educational traveling tours. Part of the Museum’s mission is to “…promote understanding and inspire appreciation of the experiences of Africans and African Americans through activities…” The DuSable is Going to Cuba!

November 5-15, 2011
$3,800 per person
Based on double occupancy
For more information please contact:
Africa Travel Advisors, Inc
(773) 374-4199
Echat4199@aol.com or Travel4199@comcast.net

The DuSable Museum is excited to return to offering educational traveling tours. Part of the Museum’s mission is to “…promote understanding and inspire appreciation of the experiences of Africans and African Americans through activities…” The DuSable is Going Places! initiative assists in accomplishing this goal, but more importantly linking African Americans to their ancestral legacy.

Our tour in 2010 was to Mexico! In conjunction with the traveling exhibition, African Presence in Mexico: From Yanga to the Present, DuSable traveled to Mexico for thirteen days for an unforgettable experience, which explored the influence that Africa has had on Mexican culture and civilization.

Our next trip is to Cuba! Join The DuSable Museum and Africa Travel Advisors for an eleven day tour as we learn the heritage and accomplishments of the Afro-Cuban people. We will celebrate them as one of our Museum’s Founder, Dr. Margaret T. Burroughs did in this poem.

MY DEAR CUBAN SISTERS & BROTHERS
Do you wish to know
Why I love to visit you and your sun-kissed country
Again and again?
Well, I will tell you.
It is because
When I am in your country
And I am surrounded by all of you
Whose faces reflect the rays of God’s rainbow
Of black, white, red, brown, & yellow and some in-between
When I am with you
I feel a sense of total equality and respect
I feel fully accepted
I feel that I am truly
A member of God’s human family
And I know that-that which was just a dream
For a Black American like me
In your country
Can indeed become, can actually become a reality
Just as it is for you in your country
Just as it is being lived
Every day, all day and all year long
In your sun-kissed country.
My Dear Cuban Sisters & Brothers
This is why I Love to visit you and
Your sun-kissed country
Again and again.

Your tour will include visits to Havana, Capital city of Cuba; Mantanza, home of the Rumba, Cha-Cha-Cha and Danzon (Mambo); Trinidad, and Santiago, de Cuba. Travelers will also enjoy lectures and tours to museums and more!

Your tour will include:

  • Round-trip airfare from Chicago
  • Accommodations at the Nacional Hotel
  • Lectures and tour of the National Museum of Art Belles Artes in Havana and the Casa de las Amerces Visit to the Martin Luther King Center in Havana
  • Visit to the African House in Havana
  • Tour to Mantanza -including a visit to the Junco Palace Provincial Museum plus lunch
  • Overnight visit to the city of Trinidad that includes visits to the Architecture *Museum and the Casa Regidor which houses the city’s art gallery
  • Round-trip transportation to Santiago de Cuba- Cuba’s most exotic city
  • Melia Santiago de Cuba Hotel
  • Visits and lectures to the gallery Oriente, Arts and Craft market and me Museum of Colonial Art plus visit to the studios on Jorge Jacas and Lincoln Came
  • Lecture of Afro Cuban Religion and history of Santeria Religion
  • Day tour to Morro Castle
  • Breakfast dailey-3 lunches -1 Dinner
  • Optional Tropicana Show
  • Full American breakfast daily
  • Lunch in Mantanza
  • Farewell dinner
  • Assistance in Travel Licenses Documentation
  • Pre tour orientation
  • Membership in DuSable Museum of African American History
  • Nightly Jazz and dance if desired

African Travel Advisors, Inc and The DuSable Museum of African American History named herein and cooperating agents act only in the capacity of agents for the passengers in all manners pertaining to hotel accommodations, sightseeing tours and transportation where by airplane, motor coach, motor car, rail or boat in such shall not be liable for any injury, damage, loss, accident, delay or irregularity which may occur by occasion either by reason or any default or any company or person(s) engaged in conveying the passenger(s) or carrying out the arrangement of tours or otherwise.

]]> 2011-06-11T00:34:20+00:00 Thank you to all those who attended the Museum’s annual, A Night of 100 Stars on Saturday, April 2! http://www.dusablemuseum.org/blog/thank-you-to-all-those-who-attended-the-museums-annual-a-night-of-100-stars http://www.dusablemuseum.org/blog/thank-you-to-all-those-who-attended-the-museums-annual-a-night-of-100-stars More Than 700 of Chicago’s “Beautiful People” Help To Make The DuSable Museum’s Night of 100 Stars Gala and 50th Anniversary Celebration A Success The DuSable Museum of African American History hosted its annual “A Night of 100 Stars Gala” on Saturday, April 2, 2011 and….what an unforgettable star-filled night it was! This year, The DuSable is celebrating its 50th anniversary and a glittering, glamorous and stellar evening of exquisite food and drink, award-winning entertainment, and the presentation of the 2011 “A Night Of 100 Stars Awards,” left the sold-out audience breathless. In fact, the sold-out event is STILL the talk of the town.

The 2011 Night Of 100 Stars Awards, which honor individuals who have made outstanding contributions to society, the city and to the world through their careers and civic engagement were presented to:

“Superstar”- Tom Joyner, Host of the syndicated, “The Tom Joyner Morning Show,” and
Chairman & Founder of REACH Media, Inc.

“Meteor” – Tim King: Founder, President and CEO of Urban Prep Academies.

“Celestial” – Chaz Hammel-Smith Ebert, President of Ebert Productions LLC and
Executive Producer of “Ebert Presents At The Movies.”

“Rising Star”- Jeremy Winters, Junior, Simeon Career Academy; creator of Simeon After-School
Arts Group and Student Advisor to City of Chicago Mayor-Elect Rahm Emanuel

A very special THANK YOU to our Gala Chairmen: Nicole Johnson-Scales of Fifth Third Bank and Sandra Rand of the Rand Family Foundation. More than $200,000 was raised and the proceeds will benefit the Museum’s educational programs and the 2011/2012 exhibition schedule.
Also, a heartfelt THANK YOU to our Board of Trustees, the Gala Committee Members, and our sponsors. We NEVER could have done it without each of you:

50th Anniversary Sponsor
PNC Bank

Platinum Sponsor
Midway Airport Concessionaires

Gold Sponsor
Abbott Laboratories

Silver Sponsors
AT&T
ComEd
Illinois Tool Works (ITW)
Northern Trust

Bronze Sponsors
Advocate Health Care
AON Hewitt
Central City Productions
Coleman Development
Duane Morris LLP
Loop Capital – Clarence & Sharon Bourne
Macy’s
Neal & Leroy LLC
RR Donnelley
University of Chicago
Urban Partnership Bank
U.S. Cellular
Walgreens

Special Support
Fifth Third Bank
Grey Goose
Midway Wholesalers

Media Sponsor
ABC7-Chicago

Airline Sponsor
United Airlines, The Official Airline of the DuSable Museum

]]> 2011-04-06T22:34:54+00:00 Video of “Remembering the Movement: A Conversation with Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian and Diane Nash” http://www.dusablemuseum.org/blog/video-of-remembering-the-movement-a-conversation-with-rev-dr-ct-vivian http://www.dusablemuseum.org/blog/video-of-remembering-the-movement-a-conversation-with-rev-dr-ct-vivian Watch the full length video of, "Remembering the Movement: A Conversation with Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian and Diane Nash"

Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian is one of the leading architects of the modern Civil Rights Movement. Diane Nash, famed leader and important voice in the movement for social change, engaged in dialogue about the implications of the Civil Rights Movement for our current struggle, and what methods of resistance are appropriate for this era. This historic presentation provided a first-hand account of the personal and valiant accomplishments of courageous Civil Rights Movement leaders.

More About C.T. Vivian and Diane Nash

Lesson Plan for Educators

]]> 2011-02-21T01:53:14+00:00 Share Your Memories of Dr. Burroughs http://www.dusablemuseum.org/blog/Share-your-memories-of-Dr-Burroughs http://www.dusablemuseum.org/blog/Share-your-memories-of-Dr-Burroughs The DuSable Museum of African American History remembers Dr. Margaret T. Burroughs. We would love to hear some of your fondest memories of Dr. Burroughs. The DuSable Museum of African American History remembers Dr. Margaret T. Burroughs. We would love to hear some of your fondest memories of Dr. Burroughs.

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