Chief's Creole Cafe hosts local celebration of new African American history museum

Here's an uplifting item we spotted in The Weekly Challenger. Elihu Brayboy, owner of Chief's Creole Cafe in the heart of the Midtown business district, put together a celebration of the opening of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Mr. B. arranged for a live broadcast of the event for local guests. The event also served to commemorate the 1968 black sanitation workers strike in St. Petersburg. In the photo, that's Abdul Karim Ali, son of community leader Joe Savage, who led the strike. The event was well covered by The Weekly Challenger. You should take a look. The event was well attended. Guests included former Gov. Charlie Crist, who said: “I would call this the day of justice. By the opening of this incredible museum, we celebrate as Americans our proud heritage and future.”

Meanwhile, just across the street, the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum had three large screen TVs set up to watch the ceremony in Washington as President Obama inaugurated the new museum. The all-day celebration included the Dundu Dole African Ballet shown in the photo above. Delightful!