Dr. Ousmane Power-Greene, in conjunction with the Documenting the Early History of Black Lives in the Connecticut River Valley project, will deliver a free public lecture and 3 site-based workshops considering the history of Black people in western Massachusetts alongside recent scholarship on free Black communities, the Underground Railroad, and the Abolition movement.
Connecticut Freedom Trail Event | Not A Pilgrim or a Stranger Here
Amina R. Merritt, Esq. is an attorney and a direct descendant of Venture Smith who will be sharing her family's story and their work to honor and remember that history.
Hidden Brookline Event | Master, Slave, Husband, Wife with author Ilyon Woo on 6/20/23
Hosted by Hidden Brookline Co-sponsored by Brookline Historical Society and the Martin Luther King Committee Location: Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446Date: Tuesday, June 20th at 7 PM Register here Hidden Brookline invites you to hear the true story of a couple’s daring escape from slavery. Ellen Craft disguised herself as a white man, … Continue reading Hidden Brookline Event | Master, Slave, Husband, Wife with author Ilyon Woo on 6/20/23
Castine Historical Society Event | The Singular Life of Mary Tyler Jackson on 6/22/23
Georgia Zildjian will explore the legacy of a life-long African American resident of Castine, Maine. Orphaned at 14, Mary Tyler Jackson (1850-1917) persevered and was a beloved member of her community.
Online course | Radical Genealogy: research skills for liberatory ancestral recovery 6/17 & 6/25
Online Training with White Awake Saturday, June 17 and Sunday, June 254-6:30pm ET (1-3:30pm PT)Suggested $50-175 registration feeNo one turned away for lack of funds Click here to register Sessions will be recorded. Live attendance is not mandatory. Facilitator: David Dean “The more I study history, the more I seem to findthat in every generation there were … Continue reading Online course | Radical Genealogy: research skills for liberatory ancestral recovery 6/17 & 6/25
Performance | A Slave Ship Called Malaga in Portland 6/10
The Malaga Ship Story is a tour de force performance by award-winning, and world-renowned storyteller Antonio Rocha.
City of Boston Event | Opening of “Slavery in Boston” Exhibit at Faneuil Hall on 6/16
Attend the upcoming opening of the Slavery in Boston exhibit on June 16th at 1pm in Faneuil Hall
Place Justice Event | Change the Name: Supporting Youth Activists in Advancing Place Justice
Don't miss this evening's Place Justice film screening, followed by a lively conversation with filmmakers, educators, and young changemakers who have replaced the names of enslavers with those of Black abolitionists and activists.
CCI Event | Confronting White Supremacy virtual Symposium 5/10
Don't miss the first ever Confronting White Supremacy virtual Symposium on Saturday May 20th, 2023 from 10am - 2pm
ABB Event | Art in the Wake: Reckoning and Re-membering 5/19-20
Register now for Art in the Wake: Reckoning and Re-membering, a two-day symposium hosted by Indigo Arts Alliance in partnership with the Center for the Study of Global Slavery at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture and Atlantic Black Box. May 19 & 20, 2023Indigo Arts Alliance Studio 60 Cove St. … Continue reading ABB Event | Art in the Wake: Reckoning and Re-membering 5/19-20
Hidden Brookline Event | Walking Tour this Saturday 5/6
Discover the hidden history of freedom and slavery in Brookline, Massachusetts When: Saturday, May 6th Cost: $30. Preregistration Required Infamous slave traders, courageous men who escaped slavery, the famous Florida Ridley and more! Questions? Contact Chair Dr. Barbara Brown bbbrown@bu.edu
First Parish Portland Event | Bounty – A Film Screening and Conversation with Penobscot Ambassador Maulian Dana on 5/6
Sat, May 6, 2023 at 3:00 PM Parish Hall at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Meeting House425 Congress Street, Portland, Maine REGISTER HERE This event is part of First Parish’s ongoing truth telling and reconciliation process of telling the dark story of a bounty posse against the Penobscot in 1757 that members of our early … Continue reading First Parish Portland Event | Bounty – A Film Screening and Conversation with Penobscot Ambassador Maulian Dana on 5/6
ABB event tonight at 5 | Interpreting the Words of Gloucester’s Enslaved
Gloucester’s Gloster, Fortune & Kate: Interpreting Their Words and Surfacing Evidence of their Lives, with Lise Breen Thursday, April 27 at 5:00 pm Register here In this talk, Lise Breen raises questions about the nature of enslavement in New England and its interpretation. Presenting sketches of four enslaved people with ties to Gloucester, Massachusetts, she … Continue reading ABB event tonight at 5 | Interpreting the Words of Gloucester’s Enslaved
ABB Event Thursday | Interpreting the Words of Gloucester’s Enslaved on 4/27
Gloucester’s Gloster, Fortune & Kate: Interpreting Their Words and Surfacing Evidence of their Lives, with Lise Breen Thursday, April 27 at 5:00 pm Register here In this talk, Lise Breen raises questions about the nature of enslavement in New England and its interpretation. Presenting sketches of four enslaved people with ties to Gloucester, Massachusetts, she … Continue reading ABB Event Thursday | Interpreting the Words of Gloucester’s Enslaved on 4/27
Castine Historical Society event tonight | Maine’s Black History with Bob Greene
Date: Thursday, April 20, 2023 Time: 7:00 pm Register here A talk via Zoom on three centuries of Maine’s Black history by historian and journalist Bob Greene. Funded by the Maine Humanities Council. Did you know that Maine’s Black history goes back to at least 12 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock? The … Continue reading Castine Historical Society event tonight | Maine’s Black History with Bob Greene
Place Justice Event | Bounty: A film screening and conversation on 4/18/23
Hosted by the Place Justice Project of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal Populations Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 5:00 pm Register here Join us for a virtual screening of "Bounty" followed by a conversation with filmmakers and educators “We are citizens of the Penobscot Nation. Together we bring our … Continue reading Place Justice Event | Bounty: A film screening and conversation on 4/18/23
Save the date: The State of Black Maine on Juneteenth
Hosted by Maine Black Community Development VISIT EVENT WEBSITE HERE The State of Black Maine Symposium is a daylong event that will be held annually on Juneteenth—now a paid state holiday in Maine—with the aim of creating and sustaining a public platform that amplifies Black Maine voices, unifies across difference, builds solidarity, fosters collaboration, holds … Continue reading Save the date: The State of Black Maine on Juneteenth
Hard History Event | “People Not Property” on 3/30
Presented by the Hard History Project and Historic Hudson Valley March 30, at 7:00pm EST Register here This free webinar features teachers and historians from New York and other states. They’ll share practical tips about how to use primary sources t0 teach the history of slavery in the United States. During the webinar, participants will gain practical, use-tomorrow strategies and … Continue reading Hard History Event | “People Not Property” on 3/30
Place Justice Event | Language, Land, & Belonging on 4/4/23 in Lewiston, ME
In the context of colonization, slavery, and migration, language has been a site of genocide, erasure, and assimilation. Can it also be a form of resistance against displacement and a tool of solidarity, persistence, and place-making?
ABB Event tonight! | How the Dutch & English Brought Slavery to New Jersey at 5pm
Rick Geffken explores how the brutal practice of chattel slavery was modeled elsewhere before it became entrenched in colonial New Jersey.