Uncrowned Queens

A few years ago I told my friend Suanne about one of my  New Year's resolutions.  I told her that I resolved to attend one cultural event per month.  Well, she really ran with the idea.  We now refer to the concept as "Cheap Cultcha".  The Buffalo area has loads of free or practically free events for all tastes.  Fairly often we get together for an interesting outing to get our fix of cheap cultcha.

The program we attended last Thursday was a WNED-TV (our local PBS station) presentation entitled Uncrowned Queens.  The audience was treated to a preview of a recently-completed radio series created by Dr. Peggy Brooks-Bertram and Dr. Barbara Seals Nevergold who are affiliated with the University of Buffalo.  The series chronicles the stories of African American women in Buffalo.  The women were described as the anonymous, hard-working, faithful ladies who were the matriarchs of families and unsung heroes of the community.  The story we heard that night was a tear-jerker.  The creators are hoping the series goes national.

 

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[Barbara A. Seals Nevergold]

Thank you for posting this information on the Uncrowned Queens radio program. We hope that your readers will also go to our website at www.uncrownedqueens.com to read about the subjects of the program and many, many others, whose stories will not be part of the current series. From the Uncrowned Queens page, you can also access the Uncrowned Kings, as a couple years ago, we began to document the lives of African American men community builders.

And if you want to attend a "cheap cultha" event in October, please join us at the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, Frank E. Merriweather, jr. Branch on Jefferson Avenue at East Utica for the launch of the Uncrowned Queens affiliate/technology site at the Library. This first in the nation affiliate program will give the community direct access to upload their own bios/stories/photos to our website.
Hope to see you there; the date is October 4th at 1pm. There will be a brief program; our special guest is Mr. John W. Franklin, Director of Partnerships and International Relations at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture. Light refreshments following program and lots of good conversation.