A talk by Meadow Dibble Hosted by Liberty Library, with support from the Maine Humanities Council October 27, 2020 at 7:00 pm Register here This program made possible by the Maine Humanities Council World in Your Library in partnership with the Margaret Chase Smith Foundation. Register here
Event: “Brunswick and the Slave Trade” with Scholar Kate McMahon tomorrow
Hosted by the Pejepscot History Center, Brunswick, Maine Thursday, October 22, 20205:00 PM – 6:30 PM EDT Register here Dr. Kate McMahon, Ph.D. Howard University; Museum Specialist, Center for the Study of Global Slavery, National Museum of African American History & Culture, Smithsonian Institution Discover the little-known connections between the Pejepscot region, shipping, and the … Continue reading Event: “Brunswick and the Slave Trade” with Scholar Kate McMahon tomorrow
Event: Indigenous People’s Day Film Screening Today
Presented by the Upstander Project and Boston Athenaeum in honor of Indigenous People's Day Emmy Award winning Dawnland and Dear Georgina Online Film Screening + Live Filmmaker Q & A October 12, 2020 | 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. | Free eventRegister here For decades, child welfare authorities have been removing Native American children from their … Continue reading Event: Indigenous People’s Day Film Screening Today
Event: Indigenous History Conference
Bridgewater State University, Plymouth 400, & the Wampanoag Advisory Council present: Here it Began: 2020 Hindsight or Foresight A Plymouth 400 Signature Event Nine Virtual Sessions, free of chargeOct. 3 - Nov. 22, 2020Register here Here It Began: 2020 Hindsight or Foresight, a signature Plymouth 400 event, is an Indigenous History Conference to inspire educators … Continue reading Event: Indigenous History Conference
Event: Book Launch Today for The Yellow Demon of Fever by Manuel Barcia
Fighting Disease in the Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Slave Trade Presented by Columbia University's Department of History September 30, 2020 | 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. Register here Manuel Barcia (University of Leeds) with Professor Christopher L. Brown and Grant Kleiser A pathbreaking history of how participants in the slave trade influenced the growth and dissemination of medical knowledge, The … Continue reading Event: Book Launch Today for The Yellow Demon of Fever by Manuel Barcia
Event: First Light and Dear Georgina Online Film Screening & Live Filmmaker Q & A Tonight
presented by Fruitlands Museum , The Trustees, & Upstander Project September 30, 2020 | 7:30 p.m. | Free eventRegister here Join the Emmy winning team behind DAWNLAND for a special digital screening of FIRST LIGHT and DEAR GEORGINA presented in partnership with Fruitlands Museum and The Trustees. For centuries, the United States government has taken … Continue reading Event: First Light and Dear Georgina Online Film Screening & Live Filmmaker Q & A Tonight
Event: 14th Annual Black New England Conference Begins Tomorrow
Black Women Rock: Leading the Chargefor Social & Political Change Presented by the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire September 25 & 26, 2020 | Manchester, NHRegister here The 14th Black New England Conference will celebrate, examine, and make visible Black women’s leadership and activism in fights for political and social change. Panelists will discuss … Continue reading Event: 14th Annual Black New England Conference Begins Tomorrow
Event: Hard History Monthly Webinar for Educators Starts Tomorrow
Attention Educators! Join a free monthly webinar on Teaching Tolerance’s Teaching Hard History Initiative starting tomorrow, Tuesday, September 22, at 7:00 p.m. EST Our lead presenter will be Dr. Kate Shuster, the director of the Hard History Project and longtime manager of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Hard History Initiative. The Hard History Project … Continue reading Event: Hard History Monthly Webinar for Educators Starts Tomorrow
Event: Acts of Rebellion and Envisioning a New Society
The Royall House and Slave Quarters presents a conversation with Dr. Vincent Brown and Dr. Timothy McCarthy Wednesday, September 23, 2020 | 12:00-1:00 p.m. Register via Eventbrite The Royall House and Slave Quarters invites you to join a dynamic and exciting conversation between Drs. Vincent Brown and Timothy McCarthy about the role of protests and … Continue reading Event: Acts of Rebellion and Envisioning a New Society
Event: Freedom’s Woods: The African American Community of Peterborough in Warren, Maine
ABB Director of Research Kate McMahon presents a talk for Maine Historical Society's Maine at 200 Series Monday, September 14, 2020 | 6:00 – 7:00 pm Register here Sarah and Amos Peters came to Warren, Maine by the early 1780s and established a large community of African American, Native American, and mixed-race people whose lives … Continue reading Event: Freedom’s Woods: The African American Community of Peterborough in Warren, Maine
