On Sunday June 19th at 6:00 pm at the McCaw Hall, ONE SEATTLE will be presenting an historic musical event to recognize the inaugural Federal celebration of the Juneteenth holiday and NAAM will join to host a Knowledge is Power Book Giveaway.
Songs of Black Folk will expose the audience to Negro Spirituals and the diverse musical genres that have evolved from them including, Gospel, jazz, R&B, even Hip-Hop. The Conductors will guide a journey through a musical culture that functions as both a tool of resistance and a source of hope for a Black people who have endured four centuries of white supremacy and its relentless assault of black bodies and black lives. SBF will connect the African American struggle for freedom and justice with the struggles of other Americans who have fought their way in from the margins of American society.