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African American Culture
Including Music and the Arts

Pittsburgh Region - Pennsylvania
Art - Books & Literature - Movies, Television and Radio - Music & Dance

Pittsburgh Region

  • Afrika Yetu
    http://www.afrikayetu.org/
    Afrika Yetu promotes African culture through the presentation of music, dance and education.

  • Afro-American Music Institute
    http://www.aamipittsburgh.org/
    Located in Homewood, the Afro-American Music Institute (AAMI) provides systematic, specialized instrumental and vocal training in all styles of the African-American music tradition (i.e. Gospel, Negro Spirituals, Jazz, etc.). In addition, the Institute provides a forum both in performing and recording opportunities for otherwise undiscovered talent in the Greater Pittsburgh community.
  • August Wilson Center for African American Culture
    http://www.africanaculture.org/
    The August Wilson Center for African American Culture (formerly known as the African American Cultural Center of Greater Pittsburgh) is a not-for-profit organization that presents performing, visual and education programs that celebrate the contributions of African Americans within the region and the impact of cultural expression from Africa to the African Diaspora.
  • Jazz Workshop, Inc.
    http://www.jazzworkshopinc.org/
    a nonprofit organization established in 1973 by accomplished musician and social worker Harold Young, Sr. and provides free jazz music lessons to more than 200 inner city children and adults yearly. It operates in the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Homewood.
  • Kuntu Repertory Theater
    http://www.kuntu.org/
    Since 1974 Kuntu Rep has been presenting plays reflecting the African-American experience and nurturing Africana performers and playwrights.

  • Manchester Craftsmen's Guild
    http://www.manchesterguild.org/
    a multi-cultural arts education and presenting organization that has been providing cultural activities to residents of Western Pennsylvania for the past twenty-nine years.
  • Multicultural Arts Initiative
    http://www.mcai-pittsburgh.org/
    The Multicultural Arts Initiative is an arts organization that works to put more black arts and artists in the spotlight and to build awareness and audiences for black arts groups.

  • Nego Gato
    http://www.negogato.org/
    A dance troupe performing Capoeira, a mixture of dance and martial arts that originated among Brazilian slaves.
  • UMOJA African Arts Company
    http://www.umojacompany.com/
    UMOJA is a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of African culture through the public performance of authentic traditional and neo-traditional music, dancing, and storytelling, and through demonstrations and educational lectures and workshops in African heritage, culture, and arts.
  • Wacongo Dance Company
    http://www.wacongo.com/
    The WACONGO Dance Company is a traditional ensemble of master drummers, musicians and dancers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, who perform the ancestral songs and dances of Central Africa.
  • Women of Visions
    http://www.womenofvisions.org/
    Women of Visions is a nonprofit organization promoting the art and education of African American women in Pittsburgh through collaborative exhibits with other arts groups and individual artists.

Pennsylvania

  • African American Museum in Philadelphia
    http://www.aampmuseum.org/
    Founded in 1976, The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) is dedicated to collecting preserving and interpreting the material and intellectual culture of African Americans in Philadelphia, the Delaware Valley, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Americas.

Art

  • African Odyssey Interactive (AOI)
    http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/
    Promoting an ongoing exchange of ideas, information, and resources between artists, teachers, and students of African arts and culture. It is an adjunct initiative of the Kennedy Center's African Odyssey Festival program and the Kennedy Center Education Department's ARTSEDGE Program.

Books & Literature

  • African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
    http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/
    This Digital Library project from the New York Public Library includes a digital collection of some 52 published works by 19th-century black women writers.
  • Black American Feminism
    http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/blackfeminism/
    A Multidisciplinary Bibliography Compiled by Sherri Barnes, Associate Librarian, Davidson Library - University of California, Santa Barbara.

Movies, Television and Radio

  • AOL Black Voices
    http://bv.channel.aol.com/
    A portal from AOL for African Americans
  • BET: Black Entertainment Television
    http://www.bet.com/
    A complete portal site not only to Black entertainment but to Black life.
  • BlackAmericaWeb
    http://blackamericaweb.com/
    BlackAmericaWeb.com, launched in June 2001, is a broad-based effort to become a timely and credible source for news and information covering all aspects of daily life, featuring a wide array of viewpoints and perspectives. It was launched by Tom Joyner, host of the nationally syndicated "Tom Joyner Morning Show."
  • Oprah Winfrey
    http://www.oprah.com/
    The Oprah website covers the show, after the show, the magazine and more.

Music & Dance

See also Jazz and Blues.