In this 90-minute webinar, Dr. Hilary Green and Dr. Keith Hébert, authors of a new study on African American Schools in the South from 1862-1900, will discuss why early African American education was foundational to ideas of citizenship and civil rights that define modern America. Schools founded by and for free African Americans were central to
The 31st Freedom Award will be presented on October 20, 2022 at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, TN. The honorees are Taylor Branch, Isabel Wilkerson, Frederick W. Smith. The Pre-Show Gala is at 5:30 pm; the Ceremony is at 7:00 pm Central. Visit freedomaward.org for more information and updates.
Registration is now live for the Council of American Jewish Museums’ 2022 conference on Re/Imagining: The Future of Culturally Specific Museums – taking place November 1-3 and developed in partnership with the Association of African American Museums. This year’s conference brings us together in person in New York City for the first time since the pandemic began, to explore how
The goal of the African American Civil Rights grant program is to preserve and protect sites associated with the struggle for equality from the transatlantic slave trade forward. AACR Grants fund a broad range of preservation projects including physical preservation of historic structures, National Register nominations, oral histories, education, pre-preservation planning, and more. Congress has appropriated $21.7 million for
An in-depth interview with Dr. Ira Harkavy -Assoc VP & Founding Director of the Netter Center and Janice Sykes-Ross, Executive Director of the Paul Robeson House & Museum Musical Concert featuring - Bert Harris, Bassist- Afro Jazz Trio Bert Harris has performed world beat, jazz and blues for more than 40 years. He and his
This is an opportunity to learn about current job openings in the Historic Sites department and Preservation division at the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Then get your questions answered by two hiring managers during the breakout session. Registration: https://savingplaces-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqduyopzMvH9BTmNQ5lG4UNsd0kOzyIkFs
Last Chance to Apply for the 2023 History Leadership Seminar: AAAM has become an Advisory Board Partner of the AASLH History Leadership Institute, joining a coalition of several organizations. The Institute’s June Seminar provides mid- and advanced-career professionals at history organizations tools, ideas, and connections to enhance their ability to lead institutions and the field.
Throughout its 55-year history, Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum has partnered with local community organizations, youth advocates, and schools to engage teens in understanding and leading social change. In the spring of 2023, the Museum will launch the first cohort of its hybrid Environmental Justice Academy. An outgrowth of the museum’s Women’s Environmental Leadership (WEL) initiative,
Please join the Margaret Walker Center for the statewide preliminary recitation contest of Mississippi Poetry Out Loud in the Jackson State University Student Center Theater at noon on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. Poetry Out Loud is a national high school recitation contest sponsored by the Mississippi Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Poetry
Join the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center: for a special reception to celebrate the opening of A Collaboration of Creativity: Print Work by David C. Driskell curated by Curlee Raven Holton, PhD. David C. Driskell (1931-2020) was an artist, scholar, and historian who transformed the field of African American art through his own work, his advocacy, and his scholarship.
The Cost of Voicing the Past: The Trauma of Historical Interpretation Museum professionals have the special calling and unique opportunity to interact with history and bring it to life. That opportunity comes with a cost. This 3-hour virtual workshop addresses the trauma associated with telling the stories of the past and how to work
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Join the Margaret Walker Center at 6 p.m. on Thursday, February 23, for a special documentary screening and discussion of This Freedom Rider Invites You into My Prison Cell on the Margaret Walker Center Facebook and YouTube pages. The 35-minute documentary describes the experience of Rabbi Phil Posner as a Freedom Rider in 1961. After the screening, he will be joined in
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The Mildred Colodny Diversity Scholarship program provides financial assistance and experiential learning opportunities to individuals preparing for careers in historic preservation. The purpose of the Colodny Scholarship is to increase the diversity of people pursuing degrees and careers in historic preservation in the United States. The National Trust is seeking culturally diverse applicants whose commitment
Opening Up: Creating New Field Guides to Trust, Service, and Responsibility Join us in Lawrence! At AAMG’s in-person 2023 conference, you can connect with your peers in the field, share stories, and learn something new. There is much to discuss: our conference theme, Opening Up: Creating New Field Guides to Trust, Service, and Responsibility, has prompted dozens
#MACBahamas2023 The 2023 MAC Conference will take place in Nassau, The Bahamas from Wednesday, March 1 to Sunday, March 5, 2023. This will be MAC’s first in-person conference since 2019, and will feature: Panels by museum and cultural heritage site professionals from across the Caribbean and its diaspora, featuring the 2023 conference themes Site visits
APPLICATIONS OPEN Through a partnership with the National Park Service’s African American Civil Rights Network (AACRN), the Association of African American Museums (AAAM) will soon award several grants between $5,000 to $25,000. Please do not delay submitting your application on January 15 - March 15, 2023! Funding will range from $5,000 to $25,000. For all information pertaining
The Center for Civil Rights History and Research will launch the annual Women in the Movement lecture series in a March 16 conversation with Angeline Butler, a South Carolina native and an organizer of the Nashville Sit-in Movement, the 1961 Freedom Rides, and other major Civil Rights efforts. In a conversation with acclaimed journalist Beryl