Atlantic Black Box Events, Museums & Historic Sites

Event from the Antiracism and Decolonization in Archives and Records Management Open Classroom Series | Community connections: plural provenance theory and the role of archives and records in Indigenous community-led research on 3/15

A lecture by Jesse Boiteau, Head of Archives, National Centre for Truth & Reconciliation. Join the first session of the Winter 2023 edition of the open classroom series, Antiracism & Decolonization in Archives & Records Management: Open Classroom Series, co-hosted by Dr. Jamila Ghaddar (Dalhousie U) and Krystal Payne (UofM) as part of their courses, … Continue reading Event from the Antiracism and Decolonization in Archives and Records Management Open Classroom Series | Community connections: plural provenance theory and the role of archives and records in Indigenous community-led research on 3/15

Atlantic Black Box Events, Massachusetts

Event | Challenging Assumptions in Telling Underrepresented History on 2/9/22

Hosted by Massachusetts Historical Society With Cynthia Cowan, Historic Newton; Stacen Goldman, Framingham History Center; Kyera Singleton, Royall House and Slave Quarters; and Barbara Brown, Hidden Brookline Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 6:00PM - 7:00PM Register here Too often public history organizations have believed that there were not enough records to give voice to enslaved people … Continue reading Event | Challenging Assumptions in Telling Underrepresented History on 2/9/22

Atlantic Black Box Essex County Stories, Massachusetts

Resource | African Americans in Essex County: An Annotated Guide

This report detailing how and where to locate resources for sharing honest and inclusive Black history within Essex County archives was produced by Dr. Kabria Baumgartner and Dr. Elizabeth Duclos-Orsello for Salem Maritime National Historic Site. It follows from a two-year project, funded by the National Park Service and administered by the Organization of American … Continue reading Resource | African Americans in Essex County: An Annotated Guide

Atlantic Black Box Events, Massachusetts, Probing the Archives

ABB’s What Happened Here Series | Evicting Black Salem in 1790 on 12/16/21

Probing the Archives with historian Beth Bower Hosted by Atlantic Black Box Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 5:00 pm ET Register here In December of 1790, the Selectmen of Salem, Massachusetts directed the town constable to notify or “warn” a list of 103 Black Salem households that if they were not “lawful” inhabitants of Salem … Continue reading ABB’s What Happened Here Series | Evicting Black Salem in 1790 on 12/16/21