NEW DATE: Opening - Yanga Rediscovered: The First Liberator of the Americas
NEW DATE: Opening - Yanga Rediscovered: The First Liberator of the Americas
Thu, Feb 9, 6:00 PM
Owen Arts Center • Dallas, TX
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POSTPONED - Yanga Rediscovered: The First Liberator of the Americas
Latino Arts Project is proud to announce the installation of the Gaspar Yanga story at the newly redesigned Owen Arts Center at SMU.
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Owen Arts Center 6101 Bishop Boulevard Dallas, TX 75205
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The recently rediscovered heroic actions of Gaspar Yanga, who enslaved and taken to Veracruz, Mexico, then escaped, negotiated a set of 11 demands from the King of Spain and became the First Liberator of the Americas in 1609, is an inspiring story of overcoming overwhelming odds and is the focus of this Black History month exhibit at SMU.
Through interactive and animated videos, folk art, sculptures, murals, stained glass and newly uncovered historic documents, Yanga’s story, as well as the African Slave Trade and the AfroMexican experience unfolds.