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Black History Month: Michigan Roadtrip
This week we have a short road trip planned for you. Click on the map to view historical markers to see Black Historical places and moments around where you live. You can also make a music playlist for your road trip! Hoopla has an incredible amount of music available; we have a list to get you started but there are many more Black artists available on Hoopla than we could fit on this list.
Historical Markers
Music for your Playlist
Billie Holiday
Chuck Berry
Louis Jordan
Bessie Smith
In a Blue Hour
Big Mama Thornton
Howlin' Wolf
Ray Charles
Sam Cooke
John Coltrane
Nina Simone
The Temptations
James Brown
Aretha Franklin
Sly & The Family Stone
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Jimi Hendrix
Little Richard
Diana Ross
Whitney Houston
Eartha Kitt
Marvin Gaye
Stevie Wonder
The Last Poets
Grandmaster Flash
NWA
Queen Latifah
MC Lyte
Tupac Shakur
KRS-One
Mos Def
A Tribe Called Quest
Scarface
Public Enemy
Erykah Badu
Nas
Lupe Fiasco
Dead Prez
MF Doom
Meek Mill
Kendrick Lamar
Vince Staples
Cardi B
Megan Thee Stallion
Upcoming Virtual Events
- All Month
- Music of Florence Price (DIA @Home)
- Films of Reverend Solomon Sir Jones (DIA @Home)
- February 22
- The United States Vs. Billie Holiday Screening Discussion (African American History and Culture Museum)
- February 23
- Black History Month Educator Workshop (DIA @Home)
- Broken Heart of America: Walter Johnson in Conversation with Cornel West (Mahindra Humanities Center)
- Historically Speaking: The Economic Impact of COVID-19 on the African American Community (African American History and Culture Museum)
- February 24
- Good for Your Soul: A Cooking Show (Langston Hughes Library)
- Wind Down Wednesday: Good Trouble (Smithsonian Portrait Gallery)
- February 25
- That They Lived: In Conversation with Rochelle Riley (Detroit Historical Society)
- Black History Month Virtual Choir (Chicago Children’s Choir)
- Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong (Coastal Georgia Historical Society)
- Black History Month Brain Health Webinar (UH Otis Moss Jr. Health Center)
- February 26
- Through the Window and Into the Mirror: A Career Conversation Series (African American History and Culture Museum)
- February 27
- February 28
- Celebrate Black Voices: Virtual Live Talent Show (Where’s My Meeting)
- A Special Convo Between Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o, Nubia Kai & Sundiata Cha-Jua (Association for the Study of African American Life and History)