Paul R. Williams, Architect: a legacy of style
By Karen E. Hudson
Journey to Black Mexico
Brown Babies: The Mischlingskinder Story
A Regina Griffin Film
John Malveaux of
writes:
Non-music
arts & education event
programming by the Long Beach Central Area Association remained
basically unchanged after the formation of MusicUNTOLD as event
production arm
of the LBCAA in 2007. All non-music events are FREE. Here are a few
samples.
LBCAA presented A LEGACY OF STYLE: Works by Paul R. Williams, Architect (a lecture
and slide presentation by Karen Hudson (granddaughter and author of the book) March
27, 2004 at Pacific Coast Campus of Long Beach City College. The program was a
look at the remarkable body of work (including historical structures at the
former L.B. Naval Station and homes in Park Estates and Virginia Country Club)
by California’s first licensed black architect. Financial assistance was
provided by the Port of Long Beach. This program led to the development of a
DVD documentary titled PAUL REVERE WILLIAMS: A LEGEND IN ARCHITECTURE produced
by Dave Kelly at CSULB and funded by a grant from the Long Beach Navy Memorial
Heritage Association. I served as consultant to the production.
LBCAA/MusicUNTOLD sponsored 2008 African
American History Month exhibit of Ron Wilkins “Journey to Black Mexico: A Photographic Discourse” at 2nd City
Council Gallery. The exhibit presented images of Black slave descendants who
mixed with indigenous and Spanish. Professor Ron Wilkins conducted a youth
workshop titled “Developing and Sustaining Mutually-Supportive Relationships
between Black and Brown Students”. The exhibit was intended to give a broader
appreciation of the relationship of Latinos and Blacks and the depth of their
shared heritage and history.
LBCAA/MusicUNTOLD
Brown
Babies: The Mischlingskinder Story followed by Q&A with Brown Baby Saturday, October 26, 2013, Cultural
Alliance of Long Beach. Brown Babies: The Mischlingskinder Story reveals
a chapter of history few know about. The film presents an era when children
born to German women and African-American soldiers were unwanted, ignored and
forgotten. Winner of the Best Documentary award at the 2011 American Black Film
Festival, Brown Babies: The Mischlingskinder Story is a
must-see, documentary that poignantly chronicles the lives of the biracial,
bicultural children of African American GIs and German women. These children,
placed in orphanages, were left to live without the support of their parents
and their countries, Germany and the United States.
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