History Pub - The Vanguard Generation: African American Artists, 1880-1918
Schedule
Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-08:00Location
Spanish Ballroom | Tacoma, WA
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McMenamins and Humanities Washington present History Pub The Vanguard Generation: African American Artists, 1880-1918
Presented by Daniel E. Atkinson
Spanish Ballroom
February 18, 2025
7pm/Doors 6pm
All ages welcome
Discover the remarkable first generation of African American artists and performers whose contributions helped shape popular culture. Active after the Civil War and before World War I, many of these artists were the first in their families to be born out of bondage or to attend collegeβovercoming tremendous hardship in defiance of Jim Crow laws.
Using newly discovered documents from the era, this talk reveals the talent, ingenuity, conflicts, and solidarity of the βVanguard Generation.β
Daniel E. Atkinson earned his PhD in ethnomusicology from the University of Washington, where his research focused on Afro-American vernacular expression. He is the author of πβπ π ππππ πππ£πππ¦ ππ πΊπππππ πππ β ππππππ: πβπ πππππ ππ π΅ππππ ππ‘πππππ ππ π½ππ πΆπππ€ π΄ππππππ, a biography of the co-founder of the Williams and Walker, the first Black theatre company to succeed on Broadway. He currently works as a maintenance laborer for Tacoma Parks.
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