On Saturday, June 22, Atlantic Black Box and The Third Place’s EcoBIPOC Network invite you to join The Walk to Unsettle Portland, a daylong collective practice—at once physical, emotional, creative, and intellectual—in unsettling our understanding of this place by surfacing the suppressed stories of those who walked here before us. Please join us for all or part of the day.
American Ancestors Event | Paths to Freedom: Tracing Enslaved Ancestors to Emancipation on 6/6/24
Join 10 Million Names Volunteer Coordinator Danielle Rose to learn about the many invaluable collections of historical records that provide accounts (sometimes firsthand) of formerly enslaved individuals.
Revolutionary Spaces Event | Slavery & Resistance in Colonial Massachusetts Guided Tour
Introducing Revolutionary Spaces' newest offering: Slavery & Resistance in Colonial Massachusetts. This 60-minute guided tour takes you through the Old South Meeting House and Old State House to explore the complex dynamics of slavery in New England during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Slave Legacy History Coalition Event | Daytrip to Deerfield to View Unnamed Figures on 6/22
Spend June 22, 2024 with the Slave Legacy History Coalition and the New England Museum Association on an exciting day trip to Deerfield, MA to view Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North.
ABB Event | Marking the Memoryscape on 5/31/24
Hosted by Atlantic Black Box in partnership with Maine Black Community Development, The Third Place, First Parish Portland, & WHERE2024 Partners A community conversation and luncheon to discuss launching a Middle Passage Ceremony and Port Marker Project for Maine, with MPCPMP founder Ann Chinn and award-winning civil rights historian and activist Danita Mason-Hogans. Friday, May … Continue reading ABB Event | Marking the Memoryscape on 5/31/24
A Slave Legacy History Coalition Event | Slavery in Jamaica Plain with Mimi Pichey on 6/12/24
This project seeks to bring to light what has been forgotten or hidden in the community’s history. We are exploring the history of the Indigenous people, identifying and sharing the stories of enslaved people from the 1600s and 1700s, developing a history of the abolitionist movement in JP, and researching movements and activities of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries that made an impact on our community and beyond.
Two in-person events on Maine’s Black history May 4 hosted by Biddeford Saco SURJ & Westbrook Juneteenth Planning Committee
Biddeford Saco Black History Walking Tour Standing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) MAY 4, 2024 at 10:00 AM Led by: Delilah PouporeOrganization: Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)Duration: One hourLocation: 138 Main Street, Saco, Maine 04072Learn more Embark on a journey through Biddeford and Saco’s rich yet often overlooked Black history with our engaging Black History Walking Tour. Led … Continue reading Two in-person events on Maine’s Black history May 4 hosted by Biddeford Saco SURJ & Westbrook Juneteenth Planning Committee
Partnership of Historic Bostons Event | Recovering Black History: A Workshop on 4/17/24
Hosted by Partnership of Historic Bostons How do you find out about Black families in your town? Historians Jennifer Carroll and Michelle Stahl show us how to un-erase Black history Wednesday, April 17 · 7:00 - 8:30pm EDT Register here The overflowing multitude of documents, photographs and artifacts in the archives of two local history … Continue reading Partnership of Historic Bostons Event | Recovering Black History: A Workshop on 4/17/24
Marblehead Museum Event | Resisting Slavery in Marblehead, with G. Patrick O’Brien on 4/4/24
Hosted by the Marblehead Museum Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 7:00 pm on Zoom$10 Members / $15 Public CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS G. Patrick O'Brien, an assistant professor at the University of Tampa, will host this Zoom lecture on his research into resisting slavery in colonial Marblehead. This lecture explores the life of Flora Lee, … Continue reading Marblehead Museum Event | Resisting Slavery in Marblehead, with G. Patrick O’Brien on 4/4/24
Event | Northern Slavery Collective Conference on 2/5/24
February 5th, 2024 Hybrid event: TD Bank Conference Center at 1 Vanderbilt NYC, and online Learn more and register here The Northern Slavery Collective will hold its second annual conference focused on museum education related to enslavement in the North. Experts in the field will share their insights and experiences on how museums can effectively … Continue reading Event | Northern Slavery Collective Conference on 2/5/24
MCV Event | Lydia Maria Child: A Radical Model for Sustainable Activism on 1/26/24
With Author Lydia Moland Hosted by Maine Conservation Voters Friday, January 26 ⋅ 12-1:00 PM Register here Lydia Maria Child was one of the nineteenth century’s most radical reformers. Born in 1802, she renounced early fame as a novelist in order to devote her life to ending slavery and the racism that sustained it. Her fifty … Continue reading MCV Event | Lydia Maria Child: A Radical Model for Sustainable Activism on 1/26/24
Advocacy | Turn out for today’s public hearing on LD 2001 to strengthen African American Studies education in Maine
The public hearing for LD 2001 "An Act to Establish the African American Studies Advisory Council and Require Funding for African American Studies" takes place at 1:00 pm today, Thursday 1/11/24 at the State House in Augusta, Maine. What the bill does: Establishes a permanent advisory commission to be housed in Maine's Department of Education whose … Continue reading Advocacy | Turn out for today’s public hearing on LD 2001 to strengthen African American Studies education in Maine
Topsfield Historical Society Event | Reading the Revolution, a book discussion on Phillis Wheatley Peters: Biography of a Genius in Bondage on 11/15/23
Hosted by the Topsfield Historical Society Wednesday, November 15 at 7:30pmOn zoom Register here ZOOM BOOK DISCUSSION Phillis Wheatley Peters: Biography of a Genius in BondageBy Vincent Carretta And can I then but prayOthers may never feel tyrannic sway? While the Boston Patriots claimed that the British Empire was treating Americans as slaves, Phillis Wheatley, … Continue reading Topsfield Historical Society Event | Reading the Revolution, a book discussion on Phillis Wheatley Peters: Biography of a Genius in Bondage on 11/15/23
Pejepscot History Center Event: Songs of the Abolitionists on 10/6/23
With Katherine Rhoda Hosted by Pejepscot History Center Friday, October 6th at 4pmUnited Baptist Church1 Elm Street, Topsham, MaineThis Friday, October 6th at 4pm at the historic United Baptist Church in Topsham, Pejepscot History Center is hosting musician and historian Katherine Rhoda as she performs, "Songs of Abolitionists" and discusses their history. Music has always … Continue reading Pejepscot History Center Event: Songs of the Abolitionists on 10/6/23
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. 44th Annual Conference: Hiding in Plain Sight on 10/18-21
"Hiding in Plain Sight: Recovering the erased stories of our ancestors in the United States and the Caribbean" will highlight methods of genealogy research and explore the history of ancestors in the United States and the Caribbean.
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
Old North Illuminated Event | Black Spaces in White Worlds: Prince Hall Freemasonry and Emancipation on 2/22 @ 7
Old North Illuminated is hosting Dr. Chernoh Sesay on Zoom for a talk exploring Black religious and political spaces during the Revolutionary War and early republic
Event | BHTNH presents “Before European Contact”: Changing the Ways We Present Our History on 2/5/23
Hosted by the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, this conversation aims to foreground the silenced stories of Indigenous and African experiences on this continent before European contact.
Event | The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family with Pr. Kerri Greenidge
Sarah and Angelina Grimke are revered figures in American history, famous for rejecting their privileged lives on a plantation in South Carolina to become firebrand activists in the North. Yet retellings of their epic story have long obscured their Black relatives.
Event | Contradictory Place: Cotton Mills Alongside Anti-Slavery Efforts in Lowell MA on 12/7/22
From the 1830s through the Civil War, many Lowellians from all walks of life engaged in concerted efforts to block the expansion of slavery and helped freedom seekers even when this meant defying federal law. “A Contradictory Place” offers viewers a way to learn about an important, but too often neglected, chapter of our history.