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BOSTON
NANTUCKET
EXHIBITS
EVENTS
MUSEUM STORE
| The Museum of African American History is dedicated to preserving,
conserving and accurately interpreting the contributions of African
Americans in New England from the colonial period through the
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Unless otherwise noted, programs and events take place at
the Museum of African American History's Abiel Smith School Gallery, 46 Joy Street, Boston.
RSVP to 617-725-0022 ext. 222 or rsvp@maah.org
Validated discount parking (for most evening, weekend and special events ONLY) is available at the Cambridge Street Garage (under Holiday Inn Express $5.00)
Please bring your ticket into the event for validation.
MBTA: Red and Green Lines to Park Street |

Museum of African American History • 46 Joy Street • Beacon Hill • Boston
Boston historic sites are accessible for all.
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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. |
2012 Events |


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.
MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
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
acutely observed accounts of what it is like to be young,
black and middle-class in contemporary America.
Touré inventively draws on a range of evidence - auto¬
biography, music, art, interviews, comedy and popular
social analysis - for a performance carried through with
unsparing honesty..."
- New York Times Book Review, September 2011
BOOKS AVAILABLE AT MUSEUM STORE
Space is limited ● Entrance fees apply
RSVP to rsvp@maah.org or call (617) 725-0022 x222
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)
February 12 - 19 ● Nantucket's 6th Annual One Book, One Island
featuring Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon
(Nantucket African Meeting House and other venues)
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 Dr. Alvin Poussaint |

Steve Grossman
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Dr. Lee Pelton
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Tulaine Marshall
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Boston Celebrates King
MONDAY ● JANUARY 16 ● 1:00PM
FANEUIL HALL - BOSTON
The Museum of African American History joins
Mayor Thomas M. Menino and
the Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism & Special Events
and Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO)
to present
A free tribute concert in honor of
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Featuring
Dr. Alvin Poussaint
Harvard Medical School's dedicated professor and
internationally renowned author delivers the keynote address
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras’
Intensive Community Program
Marta Zurad conducts moving selection of classical music, spirituals and freedom songs.

Spoken tributes by distinguished roster of leaders
featuring some of Dr. King's most memorable writings and speeches:
Steve Grossman • Treasurer of Massachusetts
Dr. Lee Pelton • President of Emerson College
Tulaine Marshall • a founding staff member of Citizen Schools.
<More on the event & videos from past MLK events>
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William Lloyd Garrison

Horace Seldon
Civil Rights Activist &
Retired Ranger
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180th Anniversary of the
New England Anti-Slavery Society
January 1832 - January 2012
(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:
Open daily, except Sundays, 10am - 4pm
Tours hourly, from 11am to 3pm
46 Joy Street, Beacon Hill, Boston
MAAH ENTRANCE FEES APPLY:
General admission: $5
Members & children 12 years and under: Free
Youth 13-17 & seniors 62 and over: $3 |
2011 Events |


Daniel Rasmussen
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THE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
Presents
AMERICAN UPRISING:
The Untold Story of America’s
Largest Slave Revolt
New York Times Best Seller
Wednesday, November 9, 2011,
6:00 pm
Reception at 5:30 pm
46 Joy Street, Boston
With Author
Daniel Rasmussen
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
rsvp@maah.org
Books available at Museum Store
Co-sponsored by
Boston African American National Historic Site and the
Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice

Discounted parking at
Cambridge Street Garage under Holiday Inn
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Dr. Carla L. Peterson
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October 12, 2011
BLACK GOTHAM with Dr. Carla L. Peterson
Abiel Smith School
46 Joy Street, Beacon Hill, Boston
5:30pm Reception
6:00pm Program
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
rsvp@maah.org
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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September 24, 2011
SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE MUSEUM DAY
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Abiel Smith School
46 Joy Street, Beacon Hill, Boston
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
OPEN HOUSE DAY
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Abiel Smith School
46 Joy Street, Beacon Hill, Boston
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®.
A special guided Open House Black Heritage Trail® tour will leave from the Smith School at 12 noon. Another tour at 2:00 pm will begin at the Shaw Memorial across from the State House on Beacon Street.
Register for either tour at 617-742-5415.
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
• José Mateo Ballet Theatre, Cambridge
• Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge
• Old North Church, Boston
• Paul Revere House, Boston
• Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture, Boston
SUBURBAN SITES
• Edgell Memorial Library, Framingham
• Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House, Concord
• Lowell’s Boat Shop, Amesbury
• Old Ship Meeting House, Hingham
• Paragon Carousel, Hull
• Salem Old Town Hall, Salem
• Schooner Adventure, Gloucester
• United First Parish Church, “Church of the Presidents,” Quincy |
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Celebrating Challenges and Champions:
From Houston to Marshall to the 21st Century
Registration and lunch: Noon
Program: 1:30 - 5:30 pm
Book signing and reception: 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Ropes Gray Room (2nd Floor)
Pound Hall, Harvard Law School
1563 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA
"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
Governor Deval Patrick
View Video
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 6:00pm
(doors open at 5:00 pm for book sales)
C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University
55 Temple Street, Boston, MA 02114
Saturday, July 23, 2011 at 3:00pm
(doors open at 2:00 pm for book sales)
Trinity Worship Center
United Methodist Church of Martha's Vineyard
40 Trinity Park
Oak Bluffs, MA 02557
PRE-PURCHASE THE BOOK online FOR MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNT AND PRIORITY SEATING.
Reserve your book online Today!
Books will be available for pick up one hour prior to program.
Receipt must be presented to receive book.
Books will not be mailed.
Books also available for purchase at
The MAAH Museum Store
46 Joy Street, Boston
10 am – 4 pm Monday-Saturday
Please RSVP at rsvp@maah.org
or call (617) 725-0022, ext. 222
On July 20th, parking will be available for $5 at the
Charles River Plaza parking garage under the
Holiday Inn on Cambridge Street
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The Boston African American National Historic Site Independence Week Tours
Saturday, July 2 , 2011 thru
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Full Schedule |

Black Walden Bookcover

Dr. Elise Lemire
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The
Museum of African American History
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).
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Abiel Smith School
46 Joy Street, Beacon Hill, Boston
5:30pm Reception
6:00pm Program
Books will be available for purchase at the Museum Store
"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."
University of Pennsylvania Press
Please RSVP to
(617) 725-0022 x222 or RSVP@maah.org.
Parking will be available for $5 at the Charles River Plaza parking garage
under the Holiday Inn on Cambridge Street. |
12 noon, June 30, 2011
Click on image to right for more information
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Rangers
Bruce Barnes & Matt Hampsey |
The
Museum of African American History
and the
Boston African American
National Historic Site
present
Songs of Freedom:
Music of the Abolitionist Movement
Join us in welcoming New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park Rangers Bruce Barnes and Matt Hampsey as they entertain and educate us with popular songs of the abolitionist movement!
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 6:00 PM
(Reception starts at 5:30 PM)
Museum of African American History's
Abiel Smith School
46 Joy Street, Beacon Hill
Parking will be available for $5 at
the Charles River Plaza parking garage
under the Holiday Inn on Cambridge Street.
Please note that there will be an
admission charge at the door for non-members:
ADMISSIONS: Museum Admission $5.00 |
Seniors (62+) $3.00 | Museum Members FREE
For more information,
please visit www.nps.gov/boaf
Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/BAANHS or
Twitter at http://twitter.com/BOAFNPS
You can also call us at (617)742-5415. |


Dr. John D. Warner
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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
The Fifth Volunteer Cavalry was the only African American cavalry regiment raised in the northern states during the Civil War. This black cavalry was officered by some of the most prominent sons of the first families of Massachusetts. After nearly a hundred and fifty years of silence, Dr. Warner brings to light the story of their recruitment, training and combat, as well as the alliance between the black enlisted men and white officers.
This program is presented in partnership with
Boston African American National Historic Site,
National Park Service
Admission is free!
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
or (617) 725-0022, x222 |

Harriet Tubman

Lois Horton
Historian & Author
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Thursday, March 31 at 6 p.m.
Boston African American National Historic Site
and the Museum of African American History
present
Harriet Tubman
Museum of African American History’s
Abiel Smith School
46 Joy Street
Boston, MA
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.
Entrance fees apply.
Museum Members - Free
Adults - $5
13-17 years old and
62 years and over - $3
For more information, please visit www.nps.gov/boaf Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/BAANHS or
Twitter at http://twitter.com/BOAFNPS
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
By
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
Bring your dolls for a show and tell beginning at 2:00 p.m.
Light refreshments will be served |


Edmund Barry Gaither
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Reception at 5:30 pm
Program at 6:00 pm
The Museum of African American History
Presents
Allan Crite, A Boston Treasure
with
Edmund Barry Gaither
If you missed the program or want to experience it again, view the video - click here.
Museum of African American History
46 Joy Street, Beacon Hill, Boston
Edmund Barry Gaither is the founding Director and Curator of the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists (NCAAA), an organization that he developed from a concept to an institution with collections exceeding three thousand objects and a thirty-two year history of exhibitions celebrating the visual arts heritage of black people worldwide. Gaither is also Special Consultant at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston where he has served as curator for eight exhibitions including a ground breaking show in l970, Afro-American Artists: New York and Boston.
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 |

Frederick Douglass
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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
Museum of African American History’s
Abiel Smith School
46 Joy Street
Boston, MA
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.
Entrance fees apply.
Museum Members - Free
Adults - $5
13-17 years old and
62 years and over - $3
For more information, please visit www.nps.gov/boaf Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/BAANHS or
Twitter at http://twitter.com/BOAFNPS
You can also call us at (617)742-5415. |
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A Day of Celebration Honoring
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Monday, January 17, 2011
1:00 pm
Faneuil Hall, Boston
Presented by
The Museum of African American History,
The Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra,
and
The City of Boston Mayor's Office of Arts,
Tourism, and Special Events
Featuring
A Tribute Concert by the
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra's
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
of the Massachusetts Supreme Court
Rena Clark
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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
46 Joy Street
Beacon Hill, Boston, MA
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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