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Learn about journalist Delilah Beasley with this talk at the African American Arts & Culture Complex.

See original manuscripts, newspapers, and photographs documenting SF's African American population and contributions.

Toni Newman will be reading from her memoir I Rise, which was nominated for the Lambda Literary Award.

Photographs from Shades of Bayview project highlight the families and activities of African-Americans in the neighborhood.

Local Musician Keenan Webster explores our interconnectedness through music with the beautiful West African harp (kora).

Koto player extraordinaire Shoko Hikage performs both traditional and contemporary pieces on the Japanese zither.