Atlantic Black Box Events, New England States

Center for Digital Humanities Event | Race and Digital Humanities Workshops for Local Cultural Organizations

Hosted by the Center for Digital Humanities at Framingham State University Local organizations, including GLAM institutions (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) and other cultural organizations, are invited to participate in the Race and Digital Humanities Workshops for Cultural Organizations, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Center for Digital Humanities at Framingham … Continue reading Center for Digital Humanities Event | Race and Digital Humanities Workshops for Local Cultural Organizations

Atlantic Black Box Events, Massachusetts, New England States

Event | Hidden Brookline Walking Tour 8/19/23

Discover the hidden history of slavery & freedom in Brookline Saturday, Aug 19th 1:00-2:30Cost: $30. Register here   This lively 90-minute tour visits three sites telling the history and stories of slavery and freedom. Beginning at Town Hall, participants look for evidence of slavery hidden in plain sight. The walk continues to an Underground Railroad house to … Continue reading Event | Hidden Brookline Walking Tour 8/19/23

Atlantic Black Box Events, Massachusetts, New England States

Recovering, Interpreting, and Sharing Black History in the Connecticut River Valley Event Series Begins 7/24/23

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.

Atlantic Black Box Events, Massachusetts, New England States

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

Atlantic Black Box Events, Maine, New England States

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

Atlantic Black Box Events, Maine

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

Atlantic Black Box Events, Massachusetts, New England States

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

Atlantic Black Box Events, Massachusetts, New England States

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

Atlantic Black Box Events, Maine, New England States

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

Atlantic Black Box Events, Maine, New England States

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

Atlantic Black Box Events, Maine

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

Atlantic Black Box Events, Massachusetts, New England States

Conversations on the Commons Event: Researching Enslavement in Massachusetts on 3/24/23

Hosted by the Mass History Alliance March 24, 2023, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Register here A conversation with Jane Sciacca of the Wayland Historical Society and Emma Winter Zeig of Historic Northampton, moderated by Gloria Greis, Executive Director of the Needham History Center & Museum Researching the history of enslavement is rewarding and necessary work – … Continue reading Conversations on the Commons Event: Researching Enslavement in Massachusetts on 3/24/23

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Event of Old North Illuminated | Remembering Black and Indigenous Peoples in New England’s Religious History on 3/23/23

Hosted by Old North Illuminated Thursday, March 23, 2023 7:00 – 8:30pmLive on Zoom Register here Much ink has been spilled writing about Southern New England’s cultures, religions, and history. However, those writings have largely excluded Black and Indigenous New Englanders. Historians and literary theorists who study Black and Indigenous New Englanders have argued that … Continue reading Event of Old North Illuminated | Remembering Black and Indigenous Peoples in New England’s Religious History on 3/23/23

Atlantic Black Box Events, Massachusetts, New England States

Boston University Symposium | Archives and Knowledge Keepers: Native American and Indigenous Studies and the Art of History

This Emerging Scholars Program is organized by the American & New England Studies Program and is sponsored by Boston University Diversity & Inclusion and the College of Arts & Sciences A One-Day Symposium at Boston UniversityMay 4, 2023 / 10am-5pmMetcalf Trustee Center Ballroom | One Silber Way, Rm 922 or Live Stream via Zoom Register … Continue reading Boston University Symposium | Archives and Knowledge Keepers: Native American and Indigenous Studies and the Art of History