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Monday, November 16, 2009 6:30 pm Dudley Branch Library 65 Warren Street Roxbury, MA 02119 617-442-6186 Join us at the Dudley Branch Library to learn about the remarkable life of Elizabeth Keckley, the dressmaker to Mary Todd Lincoln and the author of Behind the Scenes, 30 Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House. Performed in retrospect by the East Haddam Stage Company, this dramatic recounting of Keckley's journey from enslavement to entrepreneural success is both educational and inspirational. |
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The Making of Let Your Motto Be Resistance Thursday, November 12, 2009 Evening A talk by the exhibition’s curator, Deborah Willis, Chair and Professor of New York University, Tisch School of the Arts Photography and Imaging. |
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Abolitionism in Black and White: The Anti-Slavery Community of Boston and Cambridge Friday, October 23, 2009 Evening
The Museum is host to the opening reception for this two-day public symposium that includes the reading of a new play about self-emancipated Harriet Wilson and workshops led by scholars Jim and Lois Horton, David Blight, John Stauffer, Jean Fagan Yellin and others. Partner: BOAF |
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Archaeology of the African Meeting House Thursday, October 22, 2009 6:00 p.m. Featuring |
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October 17, 2009 - January 10, 2010 The Museum of African American History
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Hill Harper |
Lincoln, Douglass and the Transformative Power of Words Saturday, October 3, 2009 10:00 am-1:00 pm
The Museum is co-convener of this town hall “to build and strengthen bridges between community and national leaders committed to making sure that everyone has an equal opportunity at education.” To be held at Northeastern University and sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. Includes student presentations and panel discussion featuring Hill Harper, actor & author. Partner: Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission |
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Dr. P. Gabrielle Foreman |
Reinvented Lives A Lecture and Book-Signing by Dr. P. Gabrielle Foreman Distinguished Visiting Professor of Africana Studies, Bowdoin College; Professor of English and American Studies, Occidental College. Thursday, September 24th, 2009 Harriet Wilson & Amelia Johnson
In the recently released 150th anniversary edition of Wilson’s Our Nig; or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black (1859), Foreman and her co-editor “managed to pick up one of the coldest trails in 19th-century African American studies” and to detail Wilson’s intriguing life as an entrepreneur and then as Boston’s “earnest and eloquent colored medium.” In her archival work, Foreman has also unearthed the role the “demure” author Amelia Johnson played in radical legal and educational rights. Both Wilson’s and Johnson’s work are featured in Foreman’s latest book, Activist Sentiments: Reading Black Women in the Nineteenth Century. Both books will be available for purchase. |
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Lessons From Nantucket
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From Iowa to the White House August 27 to September 1, 2009 Cousen Rose Gallery The historic photos showcased are the work of award winning Boston Globe columnist and noted photojournalist, Derrick Z. Jackson, who traced President Obama’s epic journey from the campaign trail to his first Press Conference in the White House. |
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Museum of African American History Living Legends Awards Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Awards Ceremony 6:30 pm Cocktail Reception, Live Music and Dancing at 7:30pm University of Massachusetts Boston - Campus Center The Museum of African American History salutes
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| Magic from the Past: A magic show featuring Robert A. Olson, Historical Conjurer Saturday, May 30, 2009, 2:00 pm Museum of African American History, 46 Joy Street, Beacon Hill, Boston Wearing white pantaloons and a long tailcoat, Robert Olson will recreate the nineteenth century magic of black entrepreneur and magician Richard Potter (c.1783-1835). Richard Potter is featured in the Museum’s latest exhibition, Black Entrepreneurs of the 18th and 19th Centuries open until September 30, 2009. |
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Black Entrepreneurs of the 18th and 19th Centuries Opening Reception Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Museum of African American History, 46 Joy Street, Beacon Hill, Boston Black Entrepreneurs of the 18th and 19th Centuries is the Museum’s new exhibition, developed in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. The exhibit features 40 African American entrepreneurs from the Colonial Period through the 19th century. The exhibition will run through September 30, 2009. |
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| Is That Your Child? Thursday, May 7, 2009, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Museum of African American History 46 Joy Street, Beacon Hill, Boston Marion Kilson and Florence Ladd, authors of the book, Is That Your Child?, will read from their book and discuss their research into the lives of mothers with biracial children. Following the reading, the authors will sign their book. Books will be for sale in the Museum Store. |
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Celebrating the life and Work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra's Intensive Community Program January 19, 2009 Family Concert Enjoy the musical talents of a group of young people from the Intensive Community Program. Delight in the orchestral sounds of gospel, spirituals, classical music and hear readings from the speeches of Dr. King.
Faneuil Hall, Boston RSVP: 617-725-0022 ext. 222 or RSVP@MAAH.ORG
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