Recent News!

RECENT NEWS!

2023-02-13 ALL CHARGES DROPPED! EARL RESUMES PAINTING!

2022-09-22 AAHM&CC Publicly releases excerpt 1 (of 2) from our 2022 Art Recovery Report.

2022-09-19 Judge acknowledges “there’s clearly more to this case”, in the political charges against Earl Debnam. Next court date is October 19th.

2022-08-05-7 The Pandemic tried to break Umojafest, but the Pandemic failed! For the first time since 2019, Umojafest successfully reclaims its three (3) day status, filling the largest park in the Central Area of Historic Africatown!

2022-06-18 through 06-19 For THIRD YEAR IN A ROW, the Central Area JUNETEENTH MARCH through HISTORIC AFRICATOWN will proudly arrive at our Peoples’ powerful celebration in Jimi Hendrix Park!

2022-06-03 CALL FOR SUPPORT: Original AAHM&CC Artist-In-Residence Arrested While Painting!

2022-05-19 through 05-21 AAHM&CC Commemorates Malcolm X, mourns the victims of the Buffalo Massacre.

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2022-03-07 UPDATE: Elder Omari Tahir gives interview with Converge Media, March 7th, 2022, after Urban League & Cops raid us yet again!

2021-11-29 THROUGH CHRISTMAS 2021! AAHM&CC HOSTS THE 13TH ANNUAL TREES FOR PEACE FUNDRAISER!

2021-08-07 UMOJAFEST DAY OF UNITY 2021! — ANOTHER TREMENDOUS SUCCESS!

2021-07-22 APARTHEID CITY OF SEATTLE DESTROYS BLACK COMMUNITY GARDEN!

2021-06-19 JUNETEENTH 2021! THE RE-OCCUPATION OF COLEMAN SCHOOL GROUNDS AND LIBERATION OF JIMI HENDRIX PARK ARE NOW 1 YEAR OLD AND COUNTING!

2021-05-31 THE PEOPLE OF AFRICATOWN CHALLENGE VULCAN AND AMAZON BY HONORING OUR BLACK WALL STREETS!

2021-05-22 MALCOLM X WEEK HIP HOP SOUL RALLY: A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS!

2021-05-18 AAHM&CC DECLARES OUR MUSEUM SITE AN APARTHEID FREE ZONE, IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE & INDIGENOUS PEOPLE EVERYWHERE!

2021-05-08 KING COUNTY SHERIFF STEALS ALL OUR EXHIBITS AGAIN!

2021-05-02 COMMUNITY CELEBRATION – 75 YEARS OF LIFE! BABA OMARI TAHIR-GARRETT!

2021-04-29 AAHM&CC’s LATEST EXHIBIT DISPLAY: ARCHIVED FRONT PAGE ARTICLE FROM THE HISTORIC BLACK GRASSROOTS NEWSPAPER “NORTHWEST PASSAGE“, JANUARY 1986!

2021-04-20 THE STORM TROOPERS ARE COMING AGAIN!

2021-04-09 BIRTHDAY OF PAUL ROBESON

2021-03-30 “URBAN LEAGUE VILLAGE LLC” SUES US IN SETTLER COURT. WE CALL FOR A SALISH INDIGENOUS COURT!

2021-03-19 URBAN LEAGUE PUBLISHES MORE LIES ABOUT AAHM&CC (READ OUR RESPONSE HERE)!

2021-03-16 URBAN LEAGUE FINALLY ADMITS THAT THE BUILDING SHOULD BE A CULTURAL CENTER (WHILE CONTINUING TO LIE, THREATEN AND BULLY)

2021-03-15 BIRTHDAY OF HARRIET E. WILSON, 1825-1900 AFRICAN AMERICAN NOVELIST WHOSE WORK STILL PACKS A PUNCH!

2021-03-10 THIS HARRIET TUBMAN DAY, AAHM&CC CALLS FOR FULL VETERANS PENSIONS!

2021-03-03 400 YEARS THIS MONTH! AAHM&CC PAYS TRIBUTE TO MAROON FREEDOM FIGHTER BENKOS BIOHO!

2021-03-01 AAHM&CC OPENS WOMENS’ HERSTORY MONTH WITH MARCH OF THE MELANIN!

2021-02-18 AAHM&CC STATEMENT ON THE DEATHS OF FEBRUARY 9TH

2021-02-14 VIGIL TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF ANAIS NIN VALENCIA SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH, 8:30 PM, 2300 S. MASSACHUSETTS STREET.

2021-02-11 The AAHM&CC asks all readers to pause for a moment of silence here to uplift and acknowledge the two victims shot, one of them fatally, late Tuesday night in the Urban League occupied/controlled parking lot of our Museum by the employee of “Coast Property Management” (hired by the Urban League and approved by the City of Seattle), as well that employee himself–who was then shot and killed by the SPD later the same night. We send strength, power and love to the families and all affected by this tragedy.

2021-02-09 TONY B OF RAINIER AVENUE RADIO INTERVIEWS AAHM&CC CO-FOUNDER OMARI TAHIR GARRETT!

2021-02-07 THIS MONTH OF SANKOFA, WE MARK THE PARTIAL INDEPENDENCE OF GRENADA, FEBRUARY 7TH, 1974.

2021-02-05 BLACK HISTORY MONTH MARCH BEGINS AT AAHM&CC, MARCHES ON VULCAN/AMAZON.

2021-02-01 ALL YEAR LONG! WE CELEBRATE THE MELANATED MONTHS OF SANKOFA!

2021-01-17 AAHM&CC CELEBRATES THE BIRTHDAYS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, PAUL CUFFE AND ISAAC MYERS!

2021-01-01 ALL YEAR LONG! WE CELEBRATE THE MELANATED MONTHS OF SANKOFA!

2020-11-23 THROUGH CHRISTMAS! … AAHM&CC HOSTS THE 12TH ANNUAL TREES FOR PEACE FUNDRAISER!

2020-11-23 DISTINGUISHED SEATTLE ARTIST INYE WOKOMA UNVEILS TRAVELING PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION AT AAHM&CC’s 35TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDERS DAY EVENT

2020-11-23 AAHM&CC 35TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDERS DAY CELEBRATION: BLACK INSTITUTIONS MATTER!

2020-11-21 AAHM&CC ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE AND FOUNDING MEMBER EARL DEBNAM TO BE FEATURED IN TOBYA ART GALLERY’S EXHIBITION: HOW IT MATTERS – BLACK MOVEMENTS IN AMERICA.

2020-10-24 AAHM&CC CO-FOUNDERS OMARI TAHIR AND EARL DEBNAM PRESENT: A TEACH-IN IN THE TARPEE! (& A FREE CLOTHES GIVE-AWAY!) AT JIMI HENDRIX PARK!

2020-10-18 CHILE WOKE MARKS THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE AWAKENING OF CHILE!

2020-10-13 URBAN LEAGUE GOONS HURL PROJECTILES FROM ROOFTOP!

2020-10-15 HALLOWEEN SEASON MUSIC HISTORY PRESENTATION, LISTENING SESSION AND MOVIE NIGHT: DOCUMENTARY VIEWING OF “FINDING FELA”, DIRECTED BY ALEX GIBNEY!

2020-10-05 FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM FOOD HARVEST!

2020-09-28 AAHM&CC LAUNCHES AUTUMN PUMPKIN STAND TO COMMEMORATE THE 191st ANNIVERSARY OF THE PUBLICATION OF DAVID WALKER’S APPEAL!

2020-09-25 AAHM&CC RENDERS SUPPORT TO BLM PROTESTERS’ CLASS ACTION PRESS CONFERENCE (VS CITY OF SEATTLE AND STATE OF WA)

2020-09-18 CHILEAN ARTS COLLECTVE CHILE WOKE ISSUES MOVING STATEMENT ON THE JIMI HENDRIX 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, THE RETURN OF AAHM&CC TO ITS OWN RIGHTFUL BUILDING, THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC UPRISING UNFOLDING IN CHILE & THE OUTDOOR ART EXHIBITION BY CHILE WOKE, HOSTED BY THE AAHM&CC!

2020-09-18 HENDRIX MUSIC ACADEMY ORGANIZES PEACE MARCH TO JIMI HENDRIX PARK, HONORING JIMI HENDRIX 50TH ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL! PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY AAHM&CC!

2020-09-09 AAHM&CC LAUNCHES COMMUNITY AUDIT OF NAAM SCAM, AND CALLS ON PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO INVESTIGATE!

2020-09-03 NOW THAT THE BLACK COMMUNITY IS FINALLY RECLAIMING AND USING JIMI HENDRIX PARK, SEATTLE PARKS DEPARTMENT CUTS THE POWER OFF!

2020-08-28 OUR RESPONSE TO URBAN LEAGUE’S 08-14 LETTER

2020-08-17 NAAM FINALLY ADMITS THE AAHM&CC EXISTS! (but continues lying about us)

2020-08-07 BAYAN AND AAHM&CC STAND TOGETHER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS!

2020-08-01 UMOJAFEST 2020 THE RALLY! A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS!

2020-07-29 RESPONSE TO RECENT ATTACKS BY NAAM AND THE URBAN LEAGUE!

2020-07-27 BOGUS “TRESSPASSING” CHARGES AGAINST OMORI TAHIR DISMISSED DUE TO PRESSURE FROM THE PEOPLE!

2020-07-14 URBAN LEAGUE ATTEMPTS TO STEAL AAHM&CC ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER’S CAR, THEN BACKS DOWN WHEN THE PEOPLE STEP UP!

2020-07-13 “NAAM” HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE CALLING FOR “AT LEAST 2000 MORE” SEATTLE COPS

2020-07-02 BLUES OF JULY! WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS YOUR 4TH OF JULY? ALL DAY MUSIC, FOOD & POLITICAL EDUCATION IN JIMI HENDRIX PARK. SPONSORED BY THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER.

2020-06-19 AT LAST! BLACK COMMUNITY MARCH RECLAIMS JIMI HENDRIX PARK, &THE LAND DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MUSEUM!

2020-05-08 THE FACTS NEWSPAPER CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY OF OUR CO-FOUNDER OMARI TAHIR GARRETT.

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