Terry Alford, Executive Director, MSAAHC, Joined the Smithsonian to discuss how the Center for the Digitization and Curation of African American History - at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, partners with individuals and institutions nationwide to share preservation knowledge, develop digitization capacity, initiate genealogical research, and document community histories. Please join us May thru June as the digitization truck visits the corridor. F

Photo by Drew Brown Photo by Visit Buffalo Photo by Nancy J Parisi From a legendary jazz club to an Underground Railroad church, George Scott, president of the Colored Musicians Club and Jazz Museum, shares how Buffalo’s Black heritage is being preserved, restored, and reintroduced to the public. by Tiffany D. Gaines AFAR Contributor

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(Buffalo, N.Y.) The Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission’s (MSAAHCC), Executive Director, Terry Alford, proudly...

Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission has received $50,000 from the African American Cultural Heritage Action...