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Museum of African American History • 46 Joy Street • Beacon Hill • Boston Join the Museum Visit the African Meeting House Celebration page for information about celebration events and tours. Click here to learn more about the African Meeting House Restoration. |
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2012 Events |
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Author Touré
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THE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY invites you to a Book Party WHO'S AFRAID OF POST-BLACKNESS? What it Means to be Black Now
Touré
Foreword by Michael Eric Dyson
THURSDAY ● JANUARY 26 ● 6:00PM View video of entire event here.
46 JOY STREET ● BEACON HILL
Meet the author in the newly restored African Meeting House RECEPTION FOLLOWS IN ABIEL SMITH SCHOOL Over the past two decades, Touré has become a force in journalism, TV, pop culture criticism, and the literary world. And now, he's tackling his toughest subject yet. His new book is a fascinating, entertaining, thought-provoking, sobering, angering, and at times laugh-out-loud examination of what it means to be Black in America today. He draws on interviews with over 100 prominent African-Americans from art to politics to journalism to academia - with words from Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to Soledad O'Brien - as well as his own thoughts and experiences. "...(Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness?) is one of the most
UPCOMING BOSTON EVENTS February ● Black History Month April ● Color of Baseball in Boston Exhibit Opening
UPCOMING NANTUCKET EVENTS January 27, 7pm ● Theatre Workshop and Nantucket Comedy Festival (Nantucket Atheneum) featuring Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon
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Boston Celebrates King
MONDAY ● JANUARY 16 ● 1:00PM The Museum of African American History joins
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William Lloyd Garrison
Horace Seldon Civil Rights Activist & |
180th Anniversary of the (This featured event is on-going)
Celebrate the founding of the New England Anti-Slavery Society with a tour of the National Historic Landmark where it all began. 180 years ago January, 1832, William Lloyd Garrison formed this seminal abolitionist group in the Infant School Room at the Museum of African American History's African Meeting House, now beautifully restored and open to the public once again on Boston's Beacon Hill. <more> On January 6th, 1832, Garrison stated, "We have met tonight in this obscure Schoolhouse; our numbers are few and our influence limited; but mark my prediction, Faneuil Hall shall ere long echo with the principles we have set forth. We shall shake the nation by their mighty power." Take a guided tour of the first anti-slavery church in the United States with a National Park Service Ranger telling stories of Garrison, Fredrick Douglass, Mariah Stewart, and all the men, women, and children who faced great opposition and stood as a united force for freedom. Walk in the footsteps of these abolitionist giants and see how the pristine restoration has returned the African Meeting House, considered the Black Faneuil Hall, to its 1855 appearance and to an ideal venue for civil discussion about social and economic issues of the day, intimate theater, concerts, weddings, and other special events . Help us pay tribute to leaders — then and now — who dedicated themselves to shaking the nation and creating a better world. Browse Don West's critically acclaimed "Portraits of Purpose" exhibit, featuring current innovators and pioneers who follow Garrison's leadership example. MAAH HOURS: MAAH ENTRANCE FEES APPLY: |
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2011 Events |
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Daniel Rasmussen |
THE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
Presents AMERICAN UPRISING: New York Times Best Seller Wednesday, November 9, 2011, With Author A native of Washington, DC and graduate of Harvard College, Rasmussen has always been passionate about investigative journalism. His book is based upon his college thesis that won Harvard’s top undergraduate academic honor. Admission: $5 adults; $3 students and seniors Co-sponsored by
Discounted parking at
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Dr. Carla L. Peterson |
October 12, 2011
BLACK GOTHAM with Dr. Carla L. Peterson Abiel Smith School Dr. Carla L. Peterson, professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park will read from and sign her book, Black Gotham. Part detective tale, part social and cultural narrative, Black Gotham is Peterson's riveting account of her quest to reconstruct the lives of her nineteenth-century ancestors. As she shares their stories and those of their friends, neighbors, and business associates, she illuminates the greater history of African-American elites in New York City. Black Gotham won Honorable Mention in the 2011 New York Book Festival Biography/Autobiography Category. Yale University Press. Admission: $5 adults; $3 students and seniors Books available at Museum Store
Co-sponsored by Boston African American National Historic Site and Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice
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SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE MUSEUM DAY 10:00 am – 4:00 pm The Museum of African American History is participating in the Annual Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day on Saturday, September 24, 2011 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. FREE ADMISSION for one person plus a guest. Go to http://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/ to download your ticket for free admission to the Museum on September 24, 2011 and receive a 10% discount in our Museum Store. |
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September 17, 2011 PARTNERS IN PRESERVATION The Museum of African American History is happy to be participating in the First Annual Partners in Preservation Open House Day along with 13 other of Greater Boston’s incredible historic sites. Visit the Abiel Smith School at 46 Joy Street, Boston to experience our exhibition, Treasures from the Collections, view our video, Building on a Firm Foundation, and walk the Black Heritage Trail®. FREE TOTE BAGS FOR THE FIRST 100 VISITORS Thanks to all of you who voted for us during the competition in 2009, the Museum of African American History was a proud recipient of a $100,000 grant from Partners in Preservation. Partners in Preservation is program of American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation formed to increase the public’s awareness of the importance of historic preservation in the United States and to preserve America’s historic and cultural places. Plan to visit some of the other Partners in Preservation sites hosting Open Houses on September 17. BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE SITES SUBURBAN SITES |
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Celebrating Challenges and Champions:
"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." These words of Martin Luther King, Jr., himself borrowing from 19th century abolitionist Theodore Parker, continue to resonate with experience. During our Celebration of Champions and Challenges, we will explore this arc as it passed from Charles Hamilton Houston to Thurgood Marshall in the 20th century and continues to bend toward justice today. We will hear personally from those with direct knowledge and experience of the champions and their challenges and others who can guide us going forward. Registration is Free - Click here |
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MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
PRESENTS An Interview and Book Signing with THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 6:00pm PRE-PURCHASE THE BOOK online FOR MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNT AND PRIORITY SEATING. Books will be available for pick up one hour prior to program. Books also available for purchase at Please RSVP at rsvp@maah.org
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The Boston African American National Historic Site Independence Week Tours |
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Black Walden Bookcover
Dr. Elise Lemire |
The presents A reading and book signing event for Dr. Elise Lemire, the Doris and Carl Kempner Distinguished Professor of Literature at Purchase College, SUNY, and her book Black Walden: Slavery and Its Aftermath in Concord, Massachusetts (2009). "Today Walden Woods is preserved as a place for visitors to commune with nature. Lemire, who grew up two miles from Walden Pond, reminds us that this was a black space before it was an internationally known green space. Black Walden preserves the legacy of the people who strove against all odds to overcome slavery and segregation." |
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12 noon, June 30, 2011
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Rangers |
The and the Boston African American present
Please note that there will be an For more information, You can also call us at (617)742-5415. |
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Dr. John D. Warner |
The Annual Meeting
of the Museum of African American History Wednesday, April 27, 2011 5:30pm Reception & 6:00pm Meeting 46 Joy Street, Beacon Hill Guest Speaker: Dr. John D. Warner
Crossed Sabres: A History of the Fifth Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry, an African American Regiment in the Civil War Parking will be available for $5 at the Charles River Plaza parking garage, under the Holiday Inn on Cambridge Street. Please bring ticket for validation. Please RSVP for this event at RSVP@maah.org |
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Harriet Tubman
Lois Horton Historian & Author |
Thursday, March 31 at 6 p.m. Boston African American National Historic Site and the Museum of African American History present
Harriet Tubman Join us as historian and author Lois Horton talks about her upcoming book on the legendary Underground Railroad leader, Harriet Tubman. This is the third program in our Civil War Lecture series scheduled for Winter/Spring 2011.
For more information, please visit www.nps.gov/boaf Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/BAANHS or You can also call us at (617)742-5415. |
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Free and Open to the Public Friends of Dudley Branch Library 65 Warren Street, Roxbury, MA 02119
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THE BLACK GOLD DOLL CLUB OF NEW ENGLAND
Saturday, April 16, 2011 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Meet members of the Black Gold Doll Club and their dolls Light refreshments will be served |
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Edmund Barry Gaither |
Reception at 5:30 pm Program at 6:00 pm The Museum of African American History Presents Allan Crite, A Boston TreasurewithEdmund Barry GaitherIf you missed the program or want to experience it again, view the video - click here. Museum of African American History
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Frederick Douglass |
Thursday, February 17th at 6 p.m. Boston African American National Historic Site and the Museum of African American History present
The Remarkable Life of Frederick Douglass Join us as local author Stephen Kendrick discusses the remarkable life of Frederick Douglass, one of the most important abolitionist and civil rights activists in our nation’s history. Reverend Kendrick will also speak about the origins of Black History Month as part of his presentation. He is the co-author of Douglass and Lincoln: How a Revolutionary Black Leader & a Reluctant Liberator Struggled to End Slavery & Save the Union and Sarah's Long Walk: How the Free Blacks of Boston and their Struggle for Equality Changed America. This is the third program in our Civil War Lecture series scheduled for Winter/Spring 2011.
For more information, please visit www.nps.gov/boaf Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/BAANHS or You can also call us at (617)742-5415. |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. with Coretta Scott King, Yolanda Denise King 1956 |
A Day of Celebration Honoring Monday, January 17, 2011 Presented by The Museum of African American History,
Featuring A Tribute Concert by the Intensive Community Program Honored Guest Speaker Nikki Giovanni And Readings From the Speeches and Writings of Dr. King by: Phillip Clay Chancellor at MIT Judge Roderick Ireland Chief Justice Rena Clark Partner, GenNx360 |
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Charles Sumner (1811 - 1874) |
The Museum of African American History and the Boston African American National Historic Site present The Meaning and Legacy of Charles Sumner January 20, 2011 at 6 p.m. Museum of African American History's Abiel Smith School From his humble roots on Beacon Hill, to his pioneering civil rights work as United States Senator, Charles Sumner helped define the era of the American Civil War. Almost killed on the floor of the Senate for his uncompromising views, Sumner helped to bring about the downfall of slavery and forge a new birth of American freedom. Join us as we celebrate the 200 th anniversary of Sumner's birth with a program by Harvard Professor John Stauffer who will be discussing his upcoming biography of this influential statesman from Massachusetts. Admission: Museum Members - Free, Adults - $5. 13-17 years old, and 62 years and over - $3. RSVP: 617.725.0022 ext. 222 or rsvp@maah.org |
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