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Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Covered In Complex Art+Design

The mission of the Museum Of UnCut Funk is to “preserve funky Black Cultural artifacts and history for future generations.”

February 13, 2014 No Comments

Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Covered On NY1

Just in time for Black History Month, a new exhibition in Harlem looks at the rise of black characters on classic Saturday morning cartoons. NY1’s

February 9, 2014 No Comments

Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Covered In USA Today

The Museum Of UnCut Funk and our Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Exhibition National Museum Tour was recently covered in the Black History Month Supplement of

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Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Covered In Ebony.com

Pre-Boomerang/Cartoon Network, when there were only three major networks (CBS, NBC and ABC), part of the television ritual for kids during the 1970s was Saturday morning

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Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Covered On Here And Now On ABC 7

On February 2, 2014 our Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Exhibition at the Schomburg Center was mentioned on the ABC 7 NY community affairs

February 8, 2014 No Comments

Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Visits The FanBros Show

The Museum Of UnCut Funk visited the FanBros Show to talk about our Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Exhibition at the Schomburg Center. Kimsonian from

February 7, 2014 No Comments

Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Press Release – NY

Hey Hey Hey! New Animation-Inspired Exhibit, Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution to Open at Schomburg Center February 5th.

January 13, 2014 No Comments

Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Covered By NPR Code Switch

Our Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Exhibition National Museum Tour was recently covered by Tanya Ballard Brown for NPR’s Code Switch blog. Below is

January 5, 2014 No Comments

A Blast From The Past: Harlem Globetrotters Comic circa 1973

The Hanna-Barbera cartoon series the Harlem Globetrotters aired from Sept 1970 through Oct 1971. Gold Key created a 12-issue comic book series for cartoon that ran

July 19, 2012 No Comments

A Blast From The Past: Harlem Globetrotters Comic circa 1952

Bill Stern was a radio and a TV sportscaster from the 1920’s-1960’s. In the 1950’s, Ziff-Davis published Bill Stern’s sports stories in the form of a

July 19, 2012 No Comments

The Soul Of Sesame Street

Can you believe that Sesame Street turned 40 in 2009? I was lucky enough to see this revolutionary children’s educational series at the very beginning,

July 15, 2012 1 Comment

Althea, Venus and Serena

The list of Black female Grand Slam tennis champions is a very short one. So is the list of Black female Olympic tennis champions. Among

July 8, 2012 No Comments

The Museum Of UnCut Funk Black Animation Collection

March 18, 2012 No Comments

Funky Turns 50: Black Character Revolution Animation Exhibition

A Retrospective Of The First Positive Black Animation Characters To Appear In Television History

January 8, 2012 2 Comments

On The Shoulders Of Giants

The feature-length documentary On the Shoulders of Giants honors a group of sports pioneers who have been all but forgotten to time, and it celebrates

December 5, 2011 No Comments

Black Animation Collection

The Museum Of UnCut Funk owns one of the world’s most unique and extensive collections of Original Animation Production Cels and Drawings from 1970‘s Saturday

October 4, 2011 4 Comments

Black Comic Book Collection

The hip talk, cool threads and big afros of the Blaxploitation movie craze crossed over into 1970’s comics books, resulting in the creation of a

October 4, 2011 1 Comment

Black Sports Collection

Our sports collection is definitely different than what most people would expect and unique compared to the rest of our museum collection categories in that

October 4, 2011 No Comments

Oxymoronic Art – Animation Collection Review By Christopher P. Lehman

The Museum Of UnCut Funk has an impressive collection of oxymoronic art. Why oxymoronic? Animation is an art form with caricature as its foundation. However,

October 3, 2011 No Comments

Funky Turns 40: Sista ToFunky’s Interview With Robert Balser

Robert Balser began his career in 1955 as a layout artist at Norman Wright Productions. A year later he was Layout Production Supervisor on the

November 30, 2009 1 Comment

Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Covered In Complex Art+Design

Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Covered On NY1

Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Covered In USA Today

Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Covered In Ebony.com

Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Covered On Here And Now On ABC 7

Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Visits The FanBros Show

Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Press Release – NY

Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Covered By NPR Code Switch

A Blast From The Past: Harlem Globetrotters Comic circa 1973

A Blast From The Past: Harlem Globetrotters Comic circa 1952

The Soul Of Sesame Street

Althea, Venus and Serena

The Museum Of UnCut Funk Black Animation Collection

Funky Turns 50: Black Character Revolution Animation Exhibition

On The Shoulders Of Giants

Black Animation Collection

Black Comic Book Collection

Black Sports Collection

Oxymoronic Art – Animation Collection Review By Christopher P. Lehman

Funky Turns 40: Sista ToFunky’s Interview With Robert Balser

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