Samuel W Black
Director, African American Program
Senator John Heinz History Center
Pittsburgh, PA
And Author of
Soul Soldiers- African American in the Vietnam Era
We will be discussing a Special Project: “Casop: A Requiem for Rice” classical music premier 2/13/19
He is an advisor, consultant, and historical curator for the project,
A New Symphonic Work Tells Stories of Slaves on Lowcountry Rice Plantations
PITTSBURGH—“Unburied, Unmourned, Unmarked: Requiem for Rice,” a new contemporary classical symphonic work that tells the stories of Africans enslaved on Carolina and Georgia rice plantations will premiere at 7 p.m., Feb. 19, 2019, at the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland.
Upcoming exhibit: The Vietnam War: 1945-1975