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Jun. 22, 2021 - NW African American Museum debuts choir
6/22/2021 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Seattle’s African American museum debuts gospel choir for Juneteenth.
The Northwest African American Museum's new choir wants to uplift the Black community, the region and the country with “hope, help and healing for our time.”
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Jun. 22, 2021 - NW African American Museum debuts choir
6/22/2021 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
The Northwest African American Museum's new choir wants to uplift the Black community, the region and the country with “hope, help and healing for our time.”
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* Ooh, child - Seattle's Northwest African American Museum, also known as NAAM, debuted a new gospel choir for Juneteenth.
The African American cultural ensemble consists of 10 local singers, some of whom work at the museum.
To NAAM President and CEO LaNesha DeBardelaben's knowledge, NAAM is the first African American museum to establish its own permanent gospel choir.
The choir's inaugural performance took place during the Juneteenth Lift Every Voice event, a collaboration of NAAM with nine other African American museums across the country.
The event commemorated the 156th anniversary of June 19th, 1865, the day the enslaved people of Texas learned that all enslaved people in the US were free.
The choir will be giving pop-up performances at least throughout the summer, if not longer.
I'm Starla Sampaco.
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