The Cheyenne Depot Museum and Love & Charity Club are co-hosting thier first Black History Celebration. There are three main events which are all free to the public. All of the events will be held in the lobby of the Cheyenne Depot Museum in downtown Cheyenne.
It begins Friday, February 20, with a "Fashionable Tale of Black History." Local youths will be modeling authentic and reproduction costumes from the 1700s to today. Each of the youths will be making a presentation about his or her costume and the era that the costume represents. The Fashionable Tale of Black History will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
The second event – a Black History Presentation - will be held on Tuesday, February 24 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. The Love & Charity Club will be displaying original art, a black doll collection, black inventions over time and providing a talk on Black History.
From February 20-27, the "Images of Black Wyoming" display from the American Heritage Center (University of Wyoming) will be available for viewing in the lobby of the Depot. This exhibit represents “a few of the noteworthy stories of African-Americans who have been influential in the State of Wyoming."
The Black History Celebration is supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Arts Council, through funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Wyoming State Legislature. This event is also sponsored by the Cheyenne Downtown Development Authority and the Wyoming Humanities Council.
For more information on this event, please contact Pam Crochet, Events Coordinator for the Cheyenne Depot Museum, at 307-632-3905, or go to the web site at www.cheyennedepotmuseum.org.
