The House of Afros, Capes & Curls is an organization whose goal is to connect people from diverse backgrounds and build a community based on a shared love of science fiction, fantasy, gaming, and Afrofuturism, while providing a safe space to explore the artistic literary and historic merits of geek culture.
It's more than just comics and games! Providing a safe space, means creating a space for knowledge and understanding. Exploring History is one of the ways to ensure that happens.
Learning expands great souls.
~ Namibian proverb
Course Catalog
Group rates, and special requests can be arranged.
I. Africa to America: Redefining Black Historical Perspectives
Too often, the story of Black people in America begins with enslavement. These structured conversations will delve into some of the history that goes overlooked and lay a foundation for a richer appreciation of Black History.
II. Resistance & Resilience
Too often, we think we have an understanding of slavery and the foundation of the United States, but slavery and slave societies are glossed over with little depth or understanding. These structured conversations will delve into some of the history that goes overlooked and lay a foundation for a richer appreciation of Black History.
III. Slavery & Freedom In America
Too often, the story of Black people in America begins with enslavement. These structured conversations will delve into some of the history that goes overlooked and lay a foundation for a richer appreciation of Black History.
IV. Forward Momentum Abolition, Movement & Hope
This course will look at the complex lives of free and freed Black people living in the America’s during the time of slavery.
V. Black Women Outside of the Margins
An analysis of special topics, themes and individual women's stories that shed light on the lives of Black women outside of conventional Historical study beginning in the early America's and into the 20th century.