BLAX MUSEUM: A Tribute to Art & Excellence

BLAX MUSEUM is an artistic showcase created by Cleveland writer Michelle R. Smith that honors notable Black figures in American history and culture. It features Black artists from Northeast Ohio that pay homage through original presentations and electrifying performances. This year, BLAX MUSEUM will honor James Baldwin, Frederick Douglass, George Clinton, Nikki Giovanni, Billie Holiday, bell hooks, Alberta Williams King (mother of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.), Eartha Kitt, Audre Lorde, Gordon Parks, Richard Pryor, Paul Robeson, Assata Shakur, Ntozake Shange, and Nancy Wilson.