Last September I started a thread titled 'Motowners in Miami' and on this I posted loads of old 1960's club adverts for shows held in the Miami area.
A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by Emily Gibson of the Black Archives Foundation of South Florida. She had been checking the net & had come across the thread on here.
She told me that her organisation was staging an exhibition in Miami to celebrate the entertainment scene in the Overtown area of the city back in the 1950's/60's/70's and they would like to use some of the ads I had posted.
I said I'd help and I had to send her high definition digital copies of about 20 to 30 such ads [[some of which I had posted on here, others I hadn't but were relevant to the proposed theme of the exhibition).
Anyway, they will be using lots of my stuff & were most pleased to have found me via SDF.
The exhibition will be staged in the Ward Rooming House Museum and Gallery and will commence on June 23rd.
The Ward Rooming House Museum and Gallery is located in the Historic Overtown Folklife Village on Northwest 2nd and 3rd Avenues between 8th and 10th street. Designated by the State of Florida as the Overtown Main Street Community, the mission of the Folklife Village is to restore historic sites of significance in the Overtown community, creating a regional tourist attraction showcasing the legacies of Miami’s Overtown and the Harlem Renaissance, as well as the Black cultural heritage of South Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean.
............ Pity I live in the UK as I'd love to go along.
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