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SUMMARY:Blauweiss Media: Black Cultural History of Ulster County
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the lesser-known and certainly under-acknowledged cultural history of our region in this free multimedia presentation conveyed in a historical context through a wide range of rare photographs and video clips about the arts\, music\, photography\, visual arts\, dance\, education\, and even boxing\, plus an overview of local industries such as brick-making\, and how the Black community played an integral part in building major infrastructure projects such as the D&H Canal and the Ashokan Reservoir. We will also highlight the many connections to community activism.\n\n\n\nThe presentation includes profiles of key figures\, including:\n\n\n	 Harlem's Father Divine\, a charismatic religious leader who practiced liberal interracial practices far ahead of this time and owned various properties in Ulster County\;\n	 Augusta Savage\, The Harlem Renaissance\, Harlem Artists Guild\, and artists Robert Blackburn and Ben Wigfall\;\n	\n	Peg Leg Bates\, a renowned performer and owner of the first Black resort in the Catskills\;\n	\n	\n	Musician Juma Sultan\, who played with Jimi Hendrix at the Woodstock concert and lived for two years at the Group 212 Intermedia Arts Colony\;\n	\n	\n	Local photographer Mickey Mathis\, illustrator Elizabeth Zunon\, and painter Barbara Masterson\;\n	\n	 Black workers on the Ashokan Reservoir and aqueduct and the brick industry\;\n	 Musicians Odetta\, Jimi Hendrix\, Charles Mingus\, Sonny Rollins\, and others.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Learn about the lesser-known and certainly under-acknowledged cultural history of our region in this&nbsp\;free multimedia presentation&nbsp\;conveyed in a historical context through a wide range of rare photographs and video clips about the arts\, music\, photography\, visual arts\, dance\, education\, and even boxing\, plus an overview of local industries such as brick-making\, and how the Black community played an integral part in building major infrastructure projects such as the D&amp\;H Canal and the Ashokan Reservoir. We will also highlight the many connections to community activism.<br />\n<br />\nThe presentation includes profiles of key figures\, including:</p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>&#8203\;Harlem&rsquo\;s Father Divine\, a charismatic religious leader who practiced liberal interracial practices far ahead of this time and owned various properties in Ulster County\;</li>\n	<li>&#8203\;Augusta Savage\, The Harlem Renaissance\, Harlem Artists Guild\, and artists Robert Blackburn and Ben Wigfall\;</li>\n	<li>\n	<p>Peg Leg Bates\, a renowned performer and owner of the first Black resort in the Catskills\;</p>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n	<p>Musician Juma Sultan\, who played with Jimi Hendrix at the Woodstock concert and lived for two years at the Group 212 Intermedia Arts Colony\;</p>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n	<p>Local photographer Mickey Mathis\, illustrator Elizabeth Zunon\, and painter Barbara Masterson\;</p>\n	</li>\n	<li>&#8203\;Black workers on the Ashokan Reservoir and aqueduct and the brick industry\;</li>\n	<li>&#8203\;Musicians Odetta\, Jimi Hendrix\, Charles Mingus\, Sonny Rollins\, and others.</li>\n</ul>\n
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTAMP:20260522T030010Z
URL:http://business.ulsterchamber.org/events/details/blauweiss-media-black-cultural-history-of-ulster-county-9414
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