In partnership with the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, this program will explore the Black family, a topic of study in many disciplines, including history, literature, the visual arts, social policy, and the culture of the culinary arts. The Black family knows no single location, since family reunions and genetic-ancestry searches testify to the spread of family members across states, nations,
In honor of Black History Month, join the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center for a meaningful moderated discussion with thought leaders and influencers. This is virtual experience has been curated with the backdrop of the 2021 Black history theme, The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity. The black family has been a topic of study
Join Dr. Hasan Jeffries for a lecture that will explore the ways popular misconceptions about the civil rights movement remake history, altering everything from the African American freedom struggle’s leadership, goals, tactics, and guiding philosophies, to the depth and breadth of the white opposition, including the form and function of racial terror. Drawing on popular media
Monday, February 15 7PM EST Celebrate President’s Day with White House photographer Lawrence Jackson who covered President Barack Obama over his eight years in office. Yes We Did is filled with Lawrence’s intimate photographs and reflections. For anyone who misses the humanity, grace, and undefinable “cool factor” of the Obama White House, this warm and inspiring book provides an
Join the Banneker-Douglas Museum as it presents a discussion on the evolution of the identity of the Black Family. In alignment with the Association for African American Life and History’s (ASALH) annual theme, The Black Family: Representation, Identity and Diversity, this dialogue between Director Chanel Compton and Mr. Matt Prestbury, founder of The Black Father
The Africa exhibition opened in 1993 as part of the Field's centennial celebration. Now, some of its creators—current and former Field Museum staff—are reuniting and taking a look back. Join this online panel discussion to hear their firsthand experiences creating the Africa hall, as well as reflections and insights today. A Q&A will follow. Paired with the live conversation is
Lecture and discussion on the history of Croom Airfield, the first African American owned and operated airfield in Maryland and second in the nation. Once link is active, to register please visit Parks Direct and search CPAM.
Saturday, February 20 12PM EST View a screening of A Lesson Plan, a film project featuring four true teen stories that negatively impacts the African/Black community in terms of mental health. These stories presented by the students of Positive Social Change Theater/Performing Arts Program of Augusta Fells Savage HS involve storylines on homelessness, sexuality, romantic
Race in America: Capitol Insurrection, Riots and Black Lives Matter Sunday, February 21 3 PM EST On January 6, 2021, much of the social media community posted how vastly different the Capitol Insurrection rioters were treated than the Black Lives Matter Protesters from previous events. Join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in a Talks
More information here: http://www.nairegion2.org/upcoming-workshops-spring-2021.html
A dynamic discussion about Prince George’s County Afro-Native history and families. About this Event Gabriel A. Greaves will discuss the history of Afro Native heritage and family life in Prince George's County and beyond with guest speaker Lonnie Harrington. Lonnie Harrington is an Afro-Indigenous community leader. He is of African, Seminole, Cherokee, Choctaw, and Shawnee
Join the International Museum for Muslim Cultures for a conversation that rethinks the connection of the Civil Rights and African American Muslim Movements as parallel movements to one Freedom Struggle in America. Okolo Rashid, co-founder of the International Museum of Muslim Cultures in Jackson, Mississippi, will present her emerging research on the convergence of these
Join us for our first ABHM Book Club of 2021 as we celebrate the birthday of ABHM founder, the late Dr. James Cameron, an avid reader and an inspiring writer and educator. In this remarkable memoir, Dr. Cameron recounts his experience surviving a lynching in 1930 when he was just 16 years old. Book Club
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvf-CuqDotHda2zeBRf109HBbYOX-0l3UF
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The Riley Museum will be hosting the 2021 Annual Applause for the Pioneers Gala this Friday at 6:30 P.M. In light of COVID-19, the gala will be hosted virtually! On Friday, please click the link below to attend the virtual gala. We look forward to gathering virtually and the program will surely be an event
About this Event Please Join the American Women’s Heritage Society/The Belmont Mansion & Soca Wines for an elegant night of … Wine Pairing Presentation Wine & Chocolate Tasting Live DJ $40 Wine Kit includes: 3- 375ml Bottles: Dry (white, red, rum punch) or Sweet (white, red, rum punch)...or purchase one of each varietal! Pairing of
Thank you for your interest in the third annual "National Visitation Survey for History Organizations," a project of the American Association for State and Local History’s (AASLH) Public History Research Lab. AASLH uses the data collected through this survey to produce the National Visitation Report, the field’s only national effort to monitor and report on in-person
Description: Data migrations can be intimidating for everyone, but there are ways to think about and organize them that can make them more likely to succeed. This discussion session will feature two panelists: Jeremy Katz from the Breman Museum, who recently completed a collections management system migration, and Kristina Spurgin, data migration specialist at LYRASIS.
In celebration of Women’s History Month, ACM’s Urban Waterways project will be hosting four virtual community forums as part of its Women’s Environmental Leadership (WEL) initiative. Over the course of four days in October of 1991, more than 500 participants representing civil rights, environmental, health, community development, and faith organizations from across the U.S., Canada,