For those of you who live or will be travelling to the Los Angeles area, Tavis Smiley has an exhibit at the California Science Center called "America I Am". Though I'm not a huge fan of Tavis I will tip my hat to him, its a beautiful exhibit. It chronicles the history of African Americans from slavery until present day. The additional audio feature is moderated by Tavis and Dr. Cornell West.

Prince was one the many supporters of this exhibit and his guitar, Habibi, is on display in the musical contributions section of the exhibit. There's a snippet of him in the video montage that wraps the exhibit. Also, there's a page on him the "American I Am-Legends" book as well. Being that its Black History Month I urge you to check out the exhibit and take your kids as well, you won't be disappointed.

Oh yeah, there's a historic piece from my alma mater, Hampton University, on display too.

That's really nice. Thank U 4 sharing.

Here is the link to the exhibit.

http://www.americaiam.org...plore.aspx

You can see a pic of the guitar and the video. I also see that its a traveling exhibit that could be coming to your city soon.

^Thanks, tinetime for the info. Just clicked the link. Interesting info. Thanks to Prince for allowing the Habibi to be part of the "America I Am" exhibit, in honor of Black History Month, and also for his contributions as a well-respected musician who has given us his gift of music throughout the years.
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"Hi tinetime" I checked out the link 2 get ticket information but I am having a problem trying 2 fine the cost of tickets. Please let me know the ticket prices if possible or how 2 fine this on the site. I tried but no luck.

I live here n LA so I am looking forward 2 taking the kids and myself 2 this exhibit b4 it leaves. From the site, it looks interesting. Glad u shared this with us

Thank u n advance

pennylover said:

Its at the California Science Center so check their website for the prices, but the adult price was $9.95 so its not expensive.

pennylover said:

http://www.californiascie...ickets.php

America I AM Individual Ticket Prices

Adults (Age 18-59)
$9.50
$8.50 Members

Child* (Age 4-12)
$6.00
$5.00 Members

Youth (Age 13-17)
$8.50
$7.00 Members

Student with ID
$8.50
$7.00 Members

Seniors (Age 60+)
$8.50
$7.00 Members

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tinetime said:

See also: http://www.americaiam.org...index.html

Screenshot:


Picture of the guitar at the exhibition: http://twitgoo.com/dtyyq

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