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SUMMARY:No Haven: Civil Rights\, Black Power\, and Black Panthers in New Haven
DESCRIPTION:Fifty years ago\, Black Panthers Ericka Huggins and Bobby Seale were on trial for their lives in New Haven. In this virtual talk\, Dr. Yohuru Williams\, author of “Black Politics\, White Power: Civil Rights\, Black Power\, and the Black Panthers in New Haven\,” will look at how the Black Panthers Trials fit into the larger story of civil rights in the Elm City. \n$6 for CMCH members\, $10 for non-members. This event will be livestreamed via Crowdcast. You can register here. \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout our Speaker \nDr. Yohuru Williams is Distinguished University Chair and Professor of History and founding director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St.  Thomas in St. Paul\, Minnesota. Dr. Williams received his Ph.D. from Howard University in 1998. \nDr. Williams is the author of Black Politics/White Power: Civil Rights Black Power and Black Panthers in New Haven (Blackwell\, 2006)\, Rethinking the Black Freedom Movement (Routledge\, 2015)\, and Teaching beyond the Textbook: Six Investigative Strategies (Corwin Press\, 2008) and the editor of A Constant Struggle: African-American History from 1865 to the Present Documents and Essays (Kendall Hunt\, 2002). He is the co-editor of The Black Panthers: Portraits of an Unfinished Revolution(Nation Books\, 2016)\, InSearch of the Black Panther Party\, New Perspectives on a Revolutionary Movement (Duke\, 2006)\, and Liberated Territory: Toward a Local History of the Black Panther Party (Duke\, 2008). He also served as general editor for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s 2002 and 2003 Black History Month publications\, The Color Line Revisited (Tapestry Press\, 2002) and The Souls of Black Folks: Centennial Reflections (Africa World Press\, 2003). Dr. Williams served as an advisor on the popular civil rights reader Putting the Movement Back into teaching Civil Rights. \nDr. Williams has appeared on a variety of local and national radio and television programs most notably ABC\, CNN\, MSNBC\, Aljazeera America\, BET\, CSPAN\, EBRU Today\, Fox Business News\, Fresh Outlook\, Huff Post Live\, and NPR and was featured in the Ken Burns PBS Documentary Jackie Robinson and the Stanley Nelson PBS Documentary: The Black Panthers. He is also one of the hosts of the History Channel’s Web show Sound Smart.  A regular political commentator on the Cliff Kelly Show on WVON\, Chicago\, Dr. Williams also blogs regularly for the Huffington Post and is a contributor to the Progressive Magazine. \nDr. Williams’s scholarly articles have appeared in the American Bar Association’s Insights on Law and Society\, The Organization of American Historians Magazine of History\, The Black Scholar\, The Journal of Black Studies\, Pennsylvania History\, Delaware History\, the Journal of Civil and Human Rights and the Black History Bulletin. Dr. Williams is also presently finishing a new book entitled In the Shadow of the Whipping Post: Lynching\, Capital Punishment\, and Jim Crow Justice in Delaware 1865-1965 under contract with Cambridge University Press.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/no-haven-civil-rights-black-power-and-black-panthers-in-new-haven/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,online programming,Special Event
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SUMMARY:UPDATE: Canceled - Lunch and Learn: Sarah Harris: A Catalyst for Change in Antebellum Connecticut.
DESCRIPTION:*Update: Please note that this event has been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope you will join us for another upcoming program.* \nSarah Harris is the first African American to have integrated an all-white school in America. She wanted ‘a little more learning.” So she went to a white teacher\, Prudence Crandall\, and asked for permission to attend her day school. We know much about Crandall and her fight for equality in Connecticut\, but not a lot about her black students\, such as Sarah Harris. \nDr. Ann-Marie Adams\, a Scholar-in-Residence with the Connecticut Alliance for Better Communities\, Inc.\, is the first to popularize this query about Harris. She will discuss the nexus of race\, gender\, and education in Connecticut\, as well as the underpinnings of the contours and complexities of schooling in America. She will also look at those machinations and why those events allow for the obscurity of this historical event\, which undergirds all school desegregation cases in America. \nThis talk is taken from her ground-breaking scholarship about the full arc of the African-American experience in Connecticut from the colonial period to the twentieth century. The monograph was published in 2010 and is available at Howard University Book Store. It will be reprinted in 2021. \nDr. Adams’ dissertation\, earned with distinction\, is currently being edited for a book publisher. \nThis program is free. To secure a spot\, register HERE now. You’ll receive an email confirmation with the Zoom link\,\nand we’ll send you a reminder at 10:00 AM on the day of the program. \nBiography: \nDr. Ann Marie Adams is an award-winning journalist and historian. She is the founder of The Hartford Guardian\, the first nonprofit\, nonpartisan\, hyperlocal news publication in New England and the tristate area. The Hartford Guardian\, a four-day news site\, is published by the Connecticut Alliance for Better Communities\, Inc. established in 2002. It received its 501 c 3 nonprofit status in 2005 and is a trusted source for news and research in Connecticut and beyond. \nDr. Adams lives in Hartford\, Connecticut with her goldfish. \n\n  \nIf you would like to make a donation to help the CMCH keep history alive\, please click HERE. Or\, to learn about the benefits\nof museum membership\, click HERE! \nQuestions? Contact Jennifer Busa\, Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, at jennifer_busa@chs.org.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-sarahharris/
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SUMMARY:UPDATE: Canceled - Lunch and Learn: Sarah Harris: A Catalyst for Change in Antebellum Connecticut.
DESCRIPTION:*Update: Please note that this event has been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope you will join us for another upcoming program.* \nSarah Harris is the first African American to have integrated an all-white school in America. She wanted ‘a little more learning.” So she went to a white teacher\, Prudence Crandall\, and asked for permission to attend her day school. We know much about Crandall and her fight for equality in Connecticut\, but not a lot about her black students\, such as Sarah Harris. \nDr. Ann-Marie Adams\, a Scholar-in-Residence with the Connecticut Alliance for Better Communities\, Inc.\, is the first to popularize this query about Harris. She will discuss the nexus of race\, gender\, and education in Connecticut\, as well as the underpinnings of the contours and complexities of schooling in America. She will also look at those machinations and why those events allow for the obscurity of this historical event\, which undergirds all school desegregation cases in America. \nThis talk is taken from her ground-breaking scholarship about the full arc of the African-American experience in Connecticut from the colonial period to the twentieth century. The monograph was published in 2010 and is available at Howard University Book Store. It will be reprinted in 2021. \nDr. Adams’ dissertation\, earned with distinction\, is currently being edited for a book publisher. \nThis program is free. To secure a spot\, register HERE now. You’ll receive an email confirmation with the Zoom link\,\nand we’ll send you a reminder at 10:00 AM on the day of the program. \nBiography: \nDr. Ann Marie Adams is an award-winning journalist and historian. She is the founder of The Hartford Guardian\, the first nonprofit\, nonpartisan\, hyperlocal news publication in New England and the tristate area. The Hartford Guardian\, a four-day news site\, is published by the Connecticut Alliance for Better Communities\, Inc. established in 2002. It received its 501 c 3 nonprofit status in 2005 and is a trusted source for news and research in Connecticut and beyond. \nDr. Adams lives in Hartford\, Connecticut with her goldfish. \n\n  \nIf you would like to make a donation to help the CMCH keep history alive\, please click HERE. Or\, to learn about the benefits\nof museum membership\, click HERE! \nQuestions? Contact Jennifer Busa\, Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, at jennifer_busa@chs.org.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-sarahharris-2/
LOCATION:CT
CATEGORIES:Black History,online programming
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SUMMARY:Coffee Hour with CMCH: Black History Beyond the Amistad
DESCRIPTION:For this Coffee Hour\, we’ll take you on a tour of items from our collection representing a spectrum of the Black experience in CT. You’ll learn about a Harlem Renaissance writer\, Ann Petry\, who carefully preserved artifacts chronicling the black community of Saybrook. Examine daguerreotypes by Augustus Washington\, who abandoned a successful Hartford photography business to build a new nation in Africa. Browse through the photo album of a Hollywood actress who became a champion of labor rights for black entertainers. Marvel at the gorgeous costumes created by CT’s West Indian community for their annual MAS celebration\, and see artifacts documenting the Civil Rights movement in our state. \nThis program is free and spaces are limited. To secure a spot\, click here to register via Yapsody.  You’ll get a confirmation email from Yapsody with the link to the Zoom meeting.  At noon on the day of the program\, we’ll send you a reminder email. Please do not share the Zoom link with anyone! It’s unique to you. \nOur virtual coffee hours have been really popular! Program topics that fill up will be repeated later in the spring or summer. \nIf you would like to make a donation to help the CMCH keep history alive through this difficult time\, please click here. Or\, to learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here! \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/coffee-hour-with-chs-black-history-beyond-the-amistad-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,online programming
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SUMMARY:Coffee Hour with CMCH: Black History Beyond the Amistad
DESCRIPTION:For this Coffee Hour\, we’ll take you on a tour of items from our collection representing a spectrum of the Black experience in CT. You’ll learn about a Harlem Renaissance writer\, Ann Petry\, who carefully preserved artifacts chronicling the black community of Saybrook. Examine daguerreotypes by Augustus Washington\, who abandoned a successful Hartford photography business to build a new nation in Africa. Browse through the photo album of a Hollywood actress who became a champion of labor rights for black entertainers. Marvel at the gorgeous costumes created by CT’s West Indian community for their annual MAS celebration\, and see artifacts documenting the Civil Rights movement in our state. \nThis program is free and spaces are limited. To secure a spot\, click here to register via Yapsody.  You’ll get a confirmation email from Yapsody with the link to the Zoom meeting.  At noon on the day of the program\, we’ll send you a reminder email. Please do not share the Zoom link with anyone! It’s unique to you. \nOur virtual coffee hours have been really popular! Program topics that fill up will be repeated later in the spring or summer. \nIf you would like to make a donation to help the CMCH keep history alive through this difficult time\, please click here. Or\, to learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here! \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/coffee-hour-with-chs-black-history-beyond-the-amistad-2-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,online programming
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SUMMARY:Film and Talkback: "Auntie"\, a film by Lisa Harewood
DESCRIPTION:Join us via Zoom to celebrate Caribbean American Heritage Month with a screening of the short film “Auntie”\, written and directed by Lisa Harewood\, a filmmaker from Barbados. \nAfter the 15-minute film\, public historian Sandra Taitt-Eaddy will lead a talkback with the audience. Taitt-Eaddy is an educator and independent researcher who specializes in Caribbean genealogy and history. \nThe program is FREE and open to the public\, but spaces are limited. Click here to register with Brown Paper Tickets.  On the day of the program\, we’ll send you a reminder email with a link to the Zoom meeting. Please don’t share the link with anyone else; it is unique to you! \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Film: \n“Auntie” (Marcia Burrowes) is a middle­-aged seamstress and respected caregiver in her rural Caribbean community. Twelve­ year ­old Kera (Che-­Annika Mayers) is her latest ward\, left in Auntie’s care when her mother migrated to England in search of a better life. Seven years later\, the two have grown close and Auntie is confronted with the day she has long dreaded when the plane ticket arrives that will reunite Kera with her mother. \nThe film was made as part of the Commonwealth Shorts program. Out of audience response to the film\, the Barrel Stories Project was created to record and share the stories of Caribbean parents and children affected by separation due to migration. \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/film-and-talkback-auntie-a-film-by-lisa-harewood/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth St\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,Special Event
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SUMMARY:Film and Talkback: "Auntie"\, a film by Lisa Harewood
DESCRIPTION:Join us via Zoom to celebrate Caribbean American Heritage Month with a screening of the short film “Auntie”\, written and directed by Lisa Harewood\, a filmmaker from Barbados. \nAfter the 15-minute film\, public historian Sandra Taitt-Eaddy will lead a talkback with the audience. Taitt-Eaddy is an educator and independent researcher who specializes in Caribbean genealogy and history. \nThe program is FREE and open to the public\, but spaces are limited. Click here to register with Brown Paper Tickets.  On the day of the program\, we’ll send you a reminder email with a link to the Zoom meeting. Please don’t share the link with anyone else; it is unique to you! \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Film: \n“Auntie” (Marcia Burrowes) is a middle­-aged seamstress and respected caregiver in her rural Caribbean community. Twelve­ year ­old Kera (Che-­Annika Mayers) is her latest ward\, left in Auntie’s care when her mother migrated to England in search of a better life. Seven years later\, the two have grown close and Auntie is confronted with the day she has long dreaded when the plane ticket arrives that will reunite Kera with her mother. \nThe film was made as part of the Commonwealth Shorts program. Out of audience response to the film\, the Barrel Stories Project was created to record and share the stories of Caribbean parents and children affected by separation due to migration. \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/film-and-talkback-auntie-a-film-by-lisa-harewood-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth St\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,Special Event
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SUMMARY:Coffee Hour with CMCH: Black History Beyond the Amistad
DESCRIPTION:For this Coffee Hour\, we’ll take you on a tour of items from our collection representing a spectrum of the Black experience in CT. You’ll learn about a Harlem Renaissance writer\, Ann Petry\, who carefully preserved artifacts chronicling the black community of Saybrook. Examine daguerreotypes by Augustus Washington\, who abandoned a successful Hartford photography business to build a new nation in Africa. Browse through the photo album of a Hollywood actress who became a champion of labor rights for black entertainers. Marvel at the gorgeous costumes created by CT’s West Indian community for their annual MAS celebration\, and see artifacts documenting the Civil Rights movement in our state. \nThis program is free and spaces are limited. To secure a spot\, click here to register via Brown Paper Tickets. You’ll get a confirmation email from Brown Paper Tickets. At noon on the day of the program\, you’ll get a reminder email from CMCH with the link to the Zoom meeting. Please do not share that link with anyone! It’s unique to you. \nOur virtual coffee hours have been really popular! Program topics that fill up will be repeated later in the spring or summer. \nIf you would like to make a donation to help the CMCH keep history alive through this difficult time\, please click here. Or\, to learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here! \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/coffee-hour-with-chs-black-history-beyond-the-amistad/
LOCATION:CT
CATEGORIES:Black History,online programming
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SUMMARY:Coffee Hour with CMCH: Black History Beyond the Amistad
DESCRIPTION:For this Coffee Hour\, we’ll take you on a tour of items from our collection representing a spectrum of the Black experience in CT. You’ll learn about a Harlem Renaissance writer\, Ann Petry\, who carefully preserved artifacts chronicling the black community of Saybrook. Examine daguerreotypes by Augustus Washington\, who abandoned a successful Hartford photography business to build a new nation in Africa. Browse through the photo album of a Hollywood actress who became a champion of labor rights for black entertainers. Marvel at the gorgeous costumes created by CT’s West Indian community for their annual MAS celebration\, and see artifacts documenting the Civil Rights movement in our state. \nThis program is free and spaces are limited. To secure a spot\, click here to register via Brown Paper Tickets. You’ll get a confirmation email from Brown Paper Tickets. At noon on the day of the program\, you’ll get a reminder email from CMCH with the link to the Zoom meeting. Please do not share that link with anyone! It’s unique to you. \nOur virtual coffee hours have been really popular! Program topics that fill up will be repeated later in the spring or summer. \nIf you would like to make a donation to help the CMCH keep history alive through this difficult time\, please click here. Or\, to learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here! \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/coffee-hour-with-chs-black-history-beyond-the-amistad-4/
LOCATION:CT
CATEGORIES:Black History,online programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200423T180000
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SUMMARY:"The Work Must Be Done:" Women of Color and the Right to Vote
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by the words of notable African American reformer and political activist\, Mary Townsend Seymour\, “The work must be done\,” the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History presents exciting new research about the women of color who worked for women’s suffrage. \nIlene Frank\, Chief Curator\, and Karen Li Miller\, Research Historian at the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, with Professor Brittney Yancy\, Goodwin College\, will present new research about Connecticut’s women of color who were involved in the woman suffrage movement\, such as Mary Townsend Seymour\, Rose Payton\, Minnie Glover\, Daisy Daniels\, and others. The program will include conversation on the importance of having a history that is inclusive and participants will examine how this history ties into current civic issues around voting. \nProgram is included with museum admission. Free for CMCH members. Light refreshments will be served. Please let us know you’re coming by calling (860) 236-5621 x238 or emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nABOUT THE PROJECT \nAs the nation\, and Connecticut\, prepare to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment which legalized women’s right to vote\, attention is growing about the critical need to identify and raise up the stories of the women of color who participated in the fight for suffrage and those who\, like their white counterparts\, were against the enfranchisement of women.  Historically\, research about the fight to win the right to vote has focused on the white women who were both for and against this act. Due to the internalized racism of many of the national and state-wide suffrage organizations\, women of color\, and particularly African American women\, were denied agency within these activist organizations. This does not mean that women of color were not involved in the fight for and against suffrage. They absolutely were. Women of color were active leaders who developed their own associations\, both nationwide and state-based\, to achieve social and political reforms\, including working for woman suffrage. \nThis presentation will also be offered at multiple locations and times around the state\, including: \nOtis Library\, Norwich (in partnership with Prudence Crandall Museum): Monday\, April 27\, 2020\, 6pm \nStonington Historical Society\, Stonington: Saturday\, May 9\, 2020\, 11am \nLitchfield Historical Society\, Litchfield :Thursday\, May 21\, 2020\, Noon \nLockwood-Mathews Mansion\, Norwalk: Thursday\, June 11\, 2020\, 5:30pm \nNew Haven Museum\, New Haven: Tuesday\, June 23\, 2020\, 5:30pm \nFunding for this project is made possible by the State of Connecticut and the National Endowment for the Humanities\, both of which provide significant support to Connecticut Humanities. \n \n  \nImage: Group of Women at Shiloh Baptist Church\, 1916-1927\, photograph by William G. Dudley\, 1995.36.1194
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/the-work-must-be-done-women-of-color-and-the-right-to-vote/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,Special Event
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SUMMARY:"The Work Must Be Done:" Women of Color and the Right to Vote
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by the words of notable African American reformer and political activist\, Mary Townsend Seymour\, “The work must be done\,” the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History presents exciting new research about the women of color who worked for women’s suffrage. \nIlene Frank\, Chief Curator\, and Karen Li Miller\, Research Historian at the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, with Professor Brittney Yancy\, Goodwin College\, will present new research about Connecticut’s women of color who were involved in the woman suffrage movement\, such as Mary Townsend Seymour\, Rose Payton\, Minnie Glover\, Daisy Daniels\, and others. The program will include conversation on the importance of having a history that is inclusive and participants will examine how this history ties into current civic issues around voting. \nProgram is included with museum admission. Free for CMCH members. Light refreshments will be served. Please let us know you’re coming by calling (860) 236-5621 x238 or emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nABOUT THE PROJECT \nAs the nation\, and Connecticut\, prepare to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment which legalized women’s right to vote\, attention is growing about the critical need to identify and raise up the stories of the women of color who participated in the fight for suffrage and those who\, like their white counterparts\, were against the enfranchisement of women.  Historically\, research about the fight to win the right to vote has focused on the white women who were both for and against this act. Due to the internalized racism of many of the national and state-wide suffrage organizations\, women of color\, and particularly African American women\, were denied agency within these activist organizations. This does not mean that women of color were not involved in the fight for and against suffrage. They absolutely were. Women of color were active leaders who developed their own associations\, both nationwide and state-based\, to achieve social and political reforms\, including working for woman suffrage. \nThis presentation will also be offered at multiple locations and times around the state\, including: \nOtis Library\, Norwich (in partnership with Prudence Crandall Museum): Monday\, April 27\, 2020\, 6pm \nStonington Historical Society\, Stonington: Saturday\, May 9\, 2020\, 11am \nLitchfield Historical Society\, Litchfield :Thursday\, May 21\, 2020\, Noon \nLockwood-Mathews Mansion\, Norwalk: Thursday\, June 11\, 2020\, 5:30pm \nNew Haven Museum\, New Haven: Tuesday\, June 23\, 2020\, 5:30pm \nFunding for this project is made possible by the State of Connecticut and the National Endowment for the Humanities\, both of which provide significant support to Connecticut Humanities. \n \n  \nImage: Group of Women at Shiloh Baptist Church\, 1916-1927\, photograph by William G. Dudley\, 1995.36.1194
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/the-work-must-be-done-women-of-color-and-the-right-to-vote-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,Special Event
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SUMMARY:The Reverse Underground Railroad: Slavery and Kidnapping in Pre-Civil War America
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a talk with Dr. Richard Bell\, the author of Stolen\, a new book that tells the incredible story of five boys whose courage forever changed the fight against slavery in America. \n Philadelphia\, 1825: five young\, free black boys fall into the clutches of the most fearsome gang of kidnappers and slavers in the United States. Lured onto a small ship with the promise of food and pay\, they are instead met with blindfolds\, ropes\, and knives. Over four long months\, their kidnappers drive them overland into the Cotton Kingdom to be sold as slaves. Determined to resist\, the boys form a tight brotherhood as they struggle to free themselves and find their way home. \nTheir ordeal—an odyssey that takes them from the Philadelphia waterfront to the marshes of Mississippi and then onward still—shines a glaring spotlight on the Reverse Underground Railroad\, a black market network of human traffickers and slave traders who stole away thousands of legally free African Americans from their families in order to fuel slavery’s rapid expansion in the decades before the Civil War. \nStolen will be available for purchase at the event and Dr. Bell will sign copies after the talk. \n$10 for CMCH members\, $15 for non-members. Light refreshments will be served. Please let us know you’re coming by calling (860) 236-5621 x238 or emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker \nRichard Bell (Ph.D. Harvard) is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland. His research interests focus on American history between 1750 and 1877. His published work includes We Shall Be No More: Suicide and Self-Government in the Newly United States (2012)\, and Buried Lives: Incarcerated in Early America (2012). Prof. Bell is also the author of several journal articles\, most recently in the Journal of the Early Republic\, Early American Literature\, Slavery and Abolition\, and History Compass. Prof. Bell has held research fellowships at more than a dozen libraries and institutes\, including the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery\, Abolition and Resistance at Yale University. He is also a frequent lecturer and debater on the C-Span television network. He is the recipient of more than a dozen teaching awards. \n  \nPhotography credit: Thai Nguyen
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/the-reverse-underground-railroad-slavery-and-kidnapping-in-pre-civil-war-america/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth St\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Black History,Special Event
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SUMMARY:The Reverse Underground Railroad: Slavery and Kidnapping in Pre-Civil War America
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a talk with Dr. Richard Bell\, the author of Stolen\, a new book that tells the incredible story of five boys whose courage forever changed the fight against slavery in America. \n Philadelphia\, 1825: five young\, free black boys fall into the clutches of the most fearsome gang of kidnappers and slavers in the United States. Lured onto a small ship with the promise of food and pay\, they are instead met with blindfolds\, ropes\, and knives. Over four long months\, their kidnappers drive them overland into the Cotton Kingdom to be sold as slaves. Determined to resist\, the boys form a tight brotherhood as they struggle to free themselves and find their way home. \nTheir ordeal—an odyssey that takes them from the Philadelphia waterfront to the marshes of Mississippi and then onward still—shines a glaring spotlight on the Reverse Underground Railroad\, a black market network of human traffickers and slave traders who stole away thousands of legally free African Americans from their families in order to fuel slavery’s rapid expansion in the decades before the Civil War. \nStolen will be available for purchase at the event and Dr. Bell will sign copies after the talk. \n$10 for CMCH members\, $15 for non-members. Light refreshments will be served. Please let us know you’re coming by calling (860) 236-5621 x238 or emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker \nRichard Bell (Ph.D. Harvard) is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland. His research interests focus on American history between 1750 and 1877. His published work includes We Shall Be No More: Suicide and Self-Government in the Newly United States (2012)\, and Buried Lives: Incarcerated in Early America (2012). Prof. Bell is also the author of several journal articles\, most recently in the Journal of the Early Republic\, Early American Literature\, Slavery and Abolition\, and History Compass. Prof. Bell has held research fellowships at more than a dozen libraries and institutes\, including the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery\, Abolition and Resistance at Yale University. He is also a frequent lecturer and debater on the C-Span television network. He is the recipient of more than a dozen teaching awards. \n  \nPhotography credit: Thai Nguyen
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/the-reverse-underground-railroad-slavery-and-kidnapping-in-pre-civil-war-america-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth St\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Black History,Special Event
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SUMMARY:"Keep America American": The Klan In Connecticut
DESCRIPTION:What led to the re-emergence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s? What kind of Klan activity occurred in CT\, and what were the motivations and goals of those who joined? And how did the government and the people of CT respond? \nAdult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger will walk you through the rise and fall of the Connecticut Klan in the 1920s using Klan-related materials from our manuscript archive\, including pamphlets\, registration lists\, and even song lyrics\, as well as newspaper stories from the time. \nThis program is included with museum admission. Kindly RSVP at (860) 236-5621 x238 or by emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nImage: Klan Donation Certificate\, CMCH Manuscripts
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/the-klan-in-connecticut-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,Connecticut History,Gallery Program
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SUMMARY:"Keep America American": The Klan In Connecticut
DESCRIPTION:What led to the re-emergence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s? What kind of Klan activity occurred in CT\, and what were the motivations and goals of those who joined? And how did the government and the people of CT respond? \nAdult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger will walk you through the rise and fall of the Connecticut Klan in the 1920s using Klan-related materials from our manuscript archive\, including pamphlets\, registration lists\, and even song lyrics\, as well as newspaper stories from the time. \nThis program is included with museum admission. Kindly RSVP at (860) 236-5621 x238 or by emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nImage: Klan Donation Certificate\, CMCH Manuscripts
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/the-klan-in-connecticut-2-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,Connecticut History,Gallery Program
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SUMMARY:The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
DESCRIPTION:CHS is pleased to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner to deliver the first Woodward Lecture\, a new lecture series named after Charles Woodward\, a significant benefactor of the CMCH. \nDr. Foner was a historical consultant for the exhibition Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow. He will speak about his new book\, The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event. \nThe Second Founding is an authoritative story of the constitutional changes that built equality into the nation’s foundation. The Declaration of Independence announced equality as an American ideal\, but it took the Civil War and the subsequent adoption of three constitutional amendments to establish that ideal as American law. The Reconstruction amendments abolished slavery\, guaranteed due process and the equal protection of the law\, and equipped black men with the right to vote. The federal government\, not the states\, was put in charge of enforcement. By grafting the principle of equality onto the Constitution\, the amendments marked the second founding of the United States. \nFoner will relate the dramatic origins of these revolutionary amendments in citizen meetings and political negotiations\, explore the momentous court decisions that then narrowed and even nullified the rights guaranteed in these amendments. Today\, issues of birthright citizenship\, voting rights\, due process\, and equal protection are still in dispute\, the ideal of equality yet to be achieved. \nThis event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Please tell us you’re coming by emailing rsvp@chs.org or calling 860-236-5621 ex. 238. \nPresentation begins at 5:45. Doors open at 5:00; come early to view our exhibits! \nContact Adult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger with any questions at (860) 236-5621 x289\, or email natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker\nEric Foner\, DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University\, specializes in the Civil War and Reconstruction\, slavery\, and 19th-century America. He is one of only two persons to serve as President of the Organization of American Historians\, American Historical Association\, and Society of American Historians. He has also been the curator of several museum exhibitions\, including the prize-winning “A House Divided: America in the Age of Lincoln\,” at the Chicago Historical Society. His book\, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery won the Pulitzer\, Bancroft\, and Lincoln prizes for 2011. His other books include Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad; Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction; and Who Owns History? Rethinking the Past in a Changing World. He revised the presentation of American history at the Hall of Presidents at Disney World\, and Meet Mr. Lincoln at Disneyland\, and has served as consultant to several National Parks Service historical sites and historical museums. Foner has written for the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Los Angeles Times\, London Review of Books\, and many other publications\, and has appeared on numerous television and radio shows\, including Charlie Rose\, Book Notes\, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart\, The Colbert Report\, Bill Moyers Journal\, Fresh Air\, and All Things Considered\, and in historical documentaries on PBS and the History Channel. He has lectured extensively to both academic and non-academic audiences.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/the-second-founding-how-the-civil-war-and-reconstruction-remade-the-constitution/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Black History,Special Event
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SUMMARY:The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
DESCRIPTION:CHS is pleased to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner to deliver the first Woodward Lecture\, a new lecture series named after Charles Woodward\, a significant benefactor of the CMCH. \nDr. Foner was a historical consultant for the exhibition Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow. He will speak about his new book\, The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event. \nThe Second Founding is an authoritative story of the constitutional changes that built equality into the nation’s foundation. The Declaration of Independence announced equality as an American ideal\, but it took the Civil War and the subsequent adoption of three constitutional amendments to establish that ideal as American law. The Reconstruction amendments abolished slavery\, guaranteed due process and the equal protection of the law\, and equipped black men with the right to vote. The federal government\, not the states\, was put in charge of enforcement. By grafting the principle of equality onto the Constitution\, the amendments marked the second founding of the United States. \nFoner will relate the dramatic origins of these revolutionary amendments in citizen meetings and political negotiations\, explore the momentous court decisions that then narrowed and even nullified the rights guaranteed in these amendments. Today\, issues of birthright citizenship\, voting rights\, due process\, and equal protection are still in dispute\, the ideal of equality yet to be achieved. \nThis event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Please tell us you’re coming by emailing rsvp@chs.org or calling 860-236-5621 ex. 238. \nPresentation begins at 5:45. Doors open at 5:00; come early to view our exhibits! \nContact Adult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger with any questions at (860) 236-5621 x289\, or email natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker\nEric Foner\, DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University\, specializes in the Civil War and Reconstruction\, slavery\, and 19th-century America. He is one of only two persons to serve as President of the Organization of American Historians\, American Historical Association\, and Society of American Historians. He has also been the curator of several museum exhibitions\, including the prize-winning “A House Divided: America in the Age of Lincoln\,” at the Chicago Historical Society. His book\, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery won the Pulitzer\, Bancroft\, and Lincoln prizes for 2011. His other books include Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad; Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction; and Who Owns History? Rethinking the Past in a Changing World. He revised the presentation of American history at the Hall of Presidents at Disney World\, and Meet Mr. Lincoln at Disneyland\, and has served as consultant to several National Parks Service historical sites and historical museums. Foner has written for the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Los Angeles Times\, London Review of Books\, and many other publications\, and has appeared on numerous television and radio shows\, including Charlie Rose\, Book Notes\, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart\, The Colbert Report\, Bill Moyers Journal\, Fresh Air\, and All Things Considered\, and in historical documentaries on PBS and the History Channel. He has lectured extensively to both academic and non-academic audiences.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/the-second-founding-how-the-civil-war-and-reconstruction-remade-the-constitution-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Black History,Special Event
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SUMMARY:"Not Exactly a Paradise": Fighting Segregation in Connecticut
DESCRIPTION:Most Americans associate civil rights protest with the 1950s and 1960s\, but by then black Americans had resisted oppression vigorously for generations. Our current exhibition\, Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow\, looks at segregation and resistance from 1865 to 1920. In this program\, we’ll take a closer look at how that played out in Connecticut. As a visiting minister said in a sermon at Shiloh Baptist Church in 1926\, life in the North\, while freer than the South\,  “was not exactly a paradise” for people of color.  We’ll look at archival documents\, newspaper accounts\, and photographs to learn about how Jim Crow manifested itself in our state\, and how people fought back. \nThis program is included with museum admission. Kindly RSVP at (860) 236-5621 x238 or by emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nImage: Group of Women at Shiloh Baptist Church\, Hartford\, CT\, 1916-1927\, CMCH 1995.36.1194
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/not-exactly-a-paradise-fighting-segregation-in-connecticut/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,Gallery Program,Presentation,Special Event
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SUMMARY:"Not Exactly a Paradise": Fighting Segregation in Connecticut
DESCRIPTION:Most Americans associate civil rights protest with the 1950s and 1960s\, but by then black Americans had resisted oppression vigorously for generations. Our current exhibition\, Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow\, looks at segregation and resistance from 1865 to 1920. In this program\, we’ll take a closer look at how that played out in Connecticut. As a visiting minister said in a sermon at Shiloh Baptist Church in 1926\, life in the North\, while freer than the South\,  “was not exactly a paradise” for people of color.  We’ll look at archival documents\, newspaper accounts\, and photographs to learn about how Jim Crow manifested itself in our state\, and how people fought back. \nThis program is included with museum admission. Kindly RSVP at (860) 236-5621 x238 or by emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nImage: Group of Women at Shiloh Baptist Church\, Hartford\, CT\, 1916-1927\, CMCH 1995.36.1194
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/not-exactly-a-paradise-fighting-segregation-in-connecticut-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,Gallery Program,Presentation,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190730T173000
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SUMMARY:How The Scottsboro Boys Can Help Us Talk About the History of Racism
DESCRIPTION:**We’re sorry\, but all available spaces for this event have been reserved!** \nPlayhouse on Park and the CMCH are partnering to explore how theater can help us discuss racism in American history. \nThis summer\, Playhouse on Park is producing The Scottsboro Boys\, a musical nominated in 2011 for 12 Tony awards\, in which nine African-American men\, wrongly convicted of rape in the 1930s\, tell their story using minstrelsy\, an historically racist form of entertainment. This coincides with the CMCH’s run of Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow\, a travelling exhibition from the New-York Historical Society. On July 30\, we invite the public to join us at CMCH for a panel discussion to look at how the production helps us to explore the themes of racism and resistance explored in the exhibition. Panelists include the Honorable Richard A. Robinson\, Chief Justice of the CT Supreme Court; Professor Diana R. Paulin of Trinity College; and Frank Mitchell\, Executive Director of the Amistad Center for Arts & Culture. The panel will be moderated by Valerie Caldwell-Gaines\, General Counsel to Charter Oak Health Center. \nThis event is free and open to the public. Museum galleries will be open  beginning at 5:00 pm. Light refreshments will be served. \nPlease let us know you’re coming by emailing rsvp@chs.org or calling 860-236-5621 ext. 238. \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout our Panelists:  \nThe Honorable Richard A. Robinson is Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Connecticut and a Juris Doctor degree from West Virginia University School of Law. \nOver his many years as a jurist\, Justice Robinson has served the legal profession in many capacities and received numerous awards\, including Chairperson of the Advisory Committee on Cultural Competency (2009-present); Chairperson of the Rules Committee (2017- present); Connecticut Bar Association Young Lawyers Section Diversity Award (2010); Connecticut Bar Association’s Henry J. Naruk Judiciary Award for Integrity (2017); NAACP 100 Most Influential Blacks in Connecticut; Connecticut Bar Foundation James W. Cooper Fellows\, Life Fellow; Discovering Amistad National Advisory Board; Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities’ Alvin W. Penn Award for Excellence in Leadership (2018); Ebony Magazine Power 100 Award (2018). \nFrank Mitchell is executive director of The Amistad Center for Art & Culture. During his time at The Amistad Center\, Mitchell redefined the exhibition program from a collection-based focus on historical timelines to a topical exhibition program that integrates collections material and loans of contemporary art and partnerships with leading artists. Mitchell has curated\, organized\, and produced exhibitions and programs at The Schomburg Center\, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service\, Anacostia Museum\, University of St. Joseph Art Gallery\, Capital Community College\, International Festival of Arts & Ideas\, Hill-Stead Museum\, Hartford Public Library\, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, Old State House\, and other regional partners. As the consulting curator for the National Audubon Society Birdcraft Museum\, Mitchell led the design planning process for a $1 million renovation to the historic landmark. He holds a doctor of philosophy degree in American Culture from the University of Michigan\, a master of arts degree in African-American Studies from Yale University\, and bachelor of arts degree from Bowdoin College. \nDiana R. Paulin is a Professor of American Studies and English at Trinity College. She earned her B.A. at Georgetown University in Washington\, D.C.\, her MA in English literature at the University of Washington in Seattle\, and her Ph.D. in English and American literature at Stanford University. Her more recent publications and presentations have focused on representations of miscegenation\, race and sexuality\, critical autism studies and race\, and performance. Paulin has taught courses on African American/U.S. literature\, disability and race\, representations of miscegenation\, drama and performance studies\, queer Harlem\, and Afro-Asian American intersectionality. Imperfect Unions: Staging Miscegenation U.S. Drama and Fiction was published by the University of Minnesota Press in July 2012. She has also published articles in Theatre Journal\, Cultural Critique\, and The Journal of Drama Theory and Criticism\, as well as chapters in the Critical Anthology of African American Performance and Theater History and in White Women in Racialized Spaces. \nModerator Valerie Caldwell-Gaines is General Counsel to Charter Oak Health Center and formerly a private practitioner in the areas of labor and employment law as well as child protection and family law. She previously served at the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities in a variety of capacities including Acting Executive Director. Attorney Caldwell-Gaines has a Masters in Social Work from the University of Louisville and received her JD from the University of Connecticut School of Law. She has provided clinical assessments and/or therapeutic services at Catholic Charities\, Gray Lodge\, and the Hartford Dispensary and was a program director for Connecticut Junior Republic. She is an adjunct professor at UConn School of Law.  She has trained public defenders and contract attorneys for the Center of Children’s Advocacy and the Office of the Chief Public Defender and has received numerous awards and citations for her service to the public and community.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/how-the-scottsboro-boys-can-help-us-talk-about-the-history-of-racism-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190730T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190730T190000
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SUMMARY:How The Scottsboro Boys Can Help Us Talk About the History of Racism
DESCRIPTION:**We’re sorry\, but all available spaces for this event have been reserved!** \nPlayhouse on Park and the CMCH are partnering to explore how theater can help us discuss racism in American history. \nThis summer\, Playhouse on Park is producing The Scottsboro Boys\, a musical nominated in 2011 for 12 Tony awards\, in which nine African-American men\, wrongly convicted of rape in the 1930s\, tell their story using minstrelsy\, an historically racist form of entertainment. This coincides with the CMCH’s run of Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow\, a travelling exhibition from the New-York Historical Society. On July 30\, we invite the public to join us at CMCH for a panel discussion to look at how the production helps us to explore the themes of racism and resistance explored in the exhibition. Panelists include the Honorable Richard A. Robinson\, Chief Justice of the CT Supreme Court; Professor Diana R. Paulin of Trinity College; and Frank Mitchell\, Executive Director of the Amistad Center for Arts & Culture. The panel will be moderated by Valerie Caldwell-Gaines\, General Counsel to Charter Oak Health Center. \nThis event is free and open to the public. Museum galleries will be open  beginning at 5:00 pm. Light refreshments will be served. \nPlease let us know you’re coming by emailing rsvp@chs.org or calling 860-236-5621 ext. 238. \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout our Panelists:  \nThe Honorable Richard A. Robinson is Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Connecticut and a Juris Doctor degree from West Virginia University School of Law. \nOver his many years as a jurist\, Justice Robinson has served the legal profession in many capacities and received numerous awards\, including Chairperson of the Advisory Committee on Cultural Competency (2009-present); Chairperson of the Rules Committee (2017- present); Connecticut Bar Association Young Lawyers Section Diversity Award (2010); Connecticut Bar Association’s Henry J. Naruk Judiciary Award for Integrity (2017); NAACP 100 Most Influential Blacks in Connecticut; Connecticut Bar Foundation James W. Cooper Fellows\, Life Fellow; Discovering Amistad National Advisory Board; Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities’ Alvin W. Penn Award for Excellence in Leadership (2018); Ebony Magazine Power 100 Award (2018). \nFrank Mitchell is executive director of The Amistad Center for Art & Culture. During his time at The Amistad Center\, Mitchell redefined the exhibition program from a collection-based focus on historical timelines to a topical exhibition program that integrates collections material and loans of contemporary art and partnerships with leading artists. Mitchell has curated\, organized\, and produced exhibitions and programs at The Schomburg Center\, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service\, Anacostia Museum\, University of St. Joseph Art Gallery\, Capital Community College\, International Festival of Arts & Ideas\, Hill-Stead Museum\, Hartford Public Library\, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, Old State House\, and other regional partners. As the consulting curator for the National Audubon Society Birdcraft Museum\, Mitchell led the design planning process for a $1 million renovation to the historic landmark. He holds a doctor of philosophy degree in American Culture from the University of Michigan\, a master of arts degree in African-American Studies from Yale University\, and bachelor of arts degree from Bowdoin College. \nDiana R. Paulin is a Professor of American Studies and English at Trinity College. She earned her B.A. at Georgetown University in Washington\, D.C.\, her MA in English literature at the University of Washington in Seattle\, and her Ph.D. in English and American literature at Stanford University. Her more recent publications and presentations have focused on representations of miscegenation\, race and sexuality\, critical autism studies and race\, and performance. Paulin has taught courses on African American/U.S. literature\, disability and race\, representations of miscegenation\, drama and performance studies\, queer Harlem\, and Afro-Asian American intersectionality. Imperfect Unions: Staging Miscegenation U.S. Drama and Fiction was published by the University of Minnesota Press in July 2012. She has also published articles in Theatre Journal\, Cultural Critique\, and The Journal of Drama Theory and Criticism\, as well as chapters in the Critical Anthology of African American Performance and Theater History and in White Women in Racialized Spaces. \nModerator Valerie Caldwell-Gaines is General Counsel to Charter Oak Health Center and formerly a private practitioner in the areas of labor and employment law as well as child protection and family law. She previously served at the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities in a variety of capacities including Acting Executive Director. Attorney Caldwell-Gaines has a Masters in Social Work from the University of Louisville and received her JD from the University of Connecticut School of Law. She has provided clinical assessments and/or therapeutic services at Catholic Charities\, Gray Lodge\, and the Hartford Dispensary and was a program director for Connecticut Junior Republic. She is an adjunct professor at UConn School of Law.  She has trained public defenders and contract attorneys for the Center of Children’s Advocacy and the Office of the Chief Public Defender and has received numerous awards and citations for her service to the public and community.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/how-the-scottsboro-boys-can-help-us-talk-about-the-history-of-racism/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,Special Event
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SUMMARY:"Keep America American": The Klan In Connecticut
DESCRIPTION:What led to the re-emergence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s? What kind of Klan activity occurred in CT\, and what were the motivations and goals of those who joined? And how did the government and the people of CT respond? \nAdult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger will walk you through the rise and fall of the Connecticut Klan in the 1920s using Klan-related materials from our manuscript archive\, including pamphlets\, registration lists\, and even song lyrics\, as well as newspaper stories from the time. \nThis program is free with museum admission. Kindly RSVP at (860) 236-5621 x238 or by emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nImage: Klan Donation Certificate\, CMCH Manuscripts
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/the-klan-in-connecticut-3/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Black History,Gallery Program,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190713T130000
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SUMMARY:"Keep America American": The Klan In Connecticut
DESCRIPTION:What led to the re-emergence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s? What kind of Klan activity occurred in CT\, and what were the motivations and goals of those who joined? And how did the government and the people of CT respond? \nAdult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger will walk you through the rise and fall of the Connecticut Klan in the 1920s using Klan-related materials from our manuscript archive\, including pamphlets\, registration lists\, and even song lyrics\, as well as newspaper stories from the time. \nThis program is free with museum admission. Kindly RSVP at (860) 236-5621 x238 or by emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nImage: Klan Donation Certificate\, CMCH Manuscripts
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/the-klan-in-connecticut/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Black History,Gallery Program,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190606T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190606T190000
DTSTAMP:20260414T203152
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SUMMARY:Tour and Talkback
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this opportunity to discuss the modern-day repercussions of America’s long denial of full citizenship for African Americans. \nThrough September 14\, CMCH hosts Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow\, a traveling exhibit from the New-York Historical Society. The exhibit explores the struggle for full citizenship and racial equality that unfolded in the 50 years after the Civil War. It explores the roots of modern-day issues such as voter suppression\, mass incarceration\, and white supremacist terrorism. \nOn June 6 and July 20\, we invite members of the public to attend a special tour of the exhibition\, followed by a group discussion of how the exhibition helps us to understand contemporary issues surrounding justice and equality . The tour will be led by CMCH staff\, and the discussion will be facilitated by staff from Everyday Democracy – learn more about their mission here. \nThis is a free event. Light refreshments will be served. Please let us know you’re coming by emailing rsvp@chs.org. Questions? Contact Adult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger at natalie_belanger@chs.org.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/tour-and-talkback-2/2019-06-06/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,Public Tour,Special Event
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SUMMARY:Tour and Talkback
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this opportunity to discuss the modern-day repercussions of America’s long denial of full citizenship for African Americans. \nThrough September 14\, CMCH hosts Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow\, a traveling exhibit from the New-York Historical Society. The exhibit explores the struggle for full citizenship and racial equality that unfolded in the 50 years after the Civil War. It explores the roots of modern-day issues such as voter suppression\, mass incarceration\, and white supremacist terrorism. \nOn June 6 and July 20\, we invite members of the public to attend a special tour of the exhibition\, followed by a group discussion of how the exhibition helps us to understand contemporary issues surrounding justice and equality . The tour will be led by CMCH staff\, and the discussion will be facilitated by staff from Everyday Democracy – learn more about their mission here. \nThis is a free event. Light refreshments will be served. Please let us know you’re coming by emailing rsvp@chs.org. Questions? Contact Adult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger at natalie_belanger@chs.org.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/tour-and-talkback/2019-06-06/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,Public Tour,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190508T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190508T110000
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Amistad: Black History at CMCH
DESCRIPTION:The CMCH is partnering with the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center to offer a joint program that explores the Black experience in Connecticut! \nThe program begins at CMCH at 10:00 am with a Behind-the-Scenes tour\, highlighting items that tell the story of black Connecticans\, both ordinary and extraordinary\, from the 1600s to today. You’ll learn about a Harlem Renaissance writer\, Ann Petry\, who carefully preserved artifacts chronicling the black community of Saybrook. Examine daguerreotypes by Augustus Washington\, who abandoned a successful Hartford photography business to build a new nation in Africa. Browse through the photo album of a Hollywood actress who became a champion of labor rights for black entertainers. Marvel at the gorgeous costumes created by CT’s West Indian community for their annual MAS celebration. And get to know James Pennington\, a hero of the anti-slavery movement whose words later became an inspiration for Martin Luther King\, Jr. \nThen\, at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center at 1:00pm\, the Black Perspectives tour emphasizes the Black experience of the 19th century and today. During a guided tour guests will uncover the voices of people of color surrounding Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The Black Perspectives tour uses Stowe’s home and collections to promote vibrant conversations focused on the Black voices that influenced Stowe and the voices that influence positive change today. \nEach tour lasts approximately one hour. The cost is $30 per person. \nAdvanced reservations are required a minimum of 7 days in advance. Tickets can be purchased online here. This tour is subject to cancellation due to insufficient numbers. \nJoin us on one of the scheduled public dates\, or contact the Stowe Center to book the experience for your group\, cfarrell@stowecenter.org or 860-522-9258 ext. 307. \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger at natalie_belanger@chs.org or call 860-236-5621 ext. 289. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/beyond-the-amistad-black-history-at-chs-3-2-2-3-2-2/2019-05-08/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:behind the scenes,Black History
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Amistad: Black History at CMCH
DESCRIPTION:The CMCH is partnering with the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center to offer a joint program that explores the Black experience in Connecticut! \nThe program begins at CMCH at 10:00 am with a Behind-the-Scenes tour\, highlighting items that tell the story of black Connecticans\, both ordinary and extraordinary\, from the 1600s to today. You’ll learn about a Harlem Renaissance writer\, Ann Petry\, who carefully preserved artifacts chronicling the black community of Saybrook. Examine daguerreotypes by Augustus Washington\, who abandoned a successful Hartford photography business to build a new nation in Africa. Browse through the photo album of a Hollywood actress who became a champion of labor rights for black entertainers. Marvel at the gorgeous costumes created by CT’s West Indian community for their annual MAS celebration. And get to know James Pennington\, a hero of the anti-slavery movement whose words later became an inspiration for Martin Luther King\, Jr. \nThen\, at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center at 1:00pm\, the Black Perspectives tour emphasizes the Black experience of the 19th century and today. During a guided tour guests will uncover the voices of people of color surrounding Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The Black Perspectives tour uses Stowe’s home and collections to promote vibrant conversations focused on the Black voices that influenced Stowe and the voices that influence positive change today. \nEach tour lasts approximately one hour. The cost is $30 per person. \nAdvanced reservations are required a minimum of 7 days in advance. Tickets can be purchased online here. This tour is subject to cancellation due to insufficient numbers. \nJoin us on one of the scheduled public dates\, or contact the Stowe Center to book the experience for your group\, cfarrell@stowecenter.org or 860-522-9258 ext. 307. \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger at natalie_belanger@chs.org or call 860-236-5621 ext. 289. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/beyond-the-amistad-black-history-at-chs-3-2-2-3-2/2019-05-08/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:behind the scenes,Black History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190502T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190502T190000
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SUMMARY:Department Stores and the Black Freedom Struggle: Workers\, Consumers\, and Civil Rights
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, based on her new book\, Department Stores and the Black Freedom Struggle: Workers\, Consumers\, and Civil Rights\, Dr. Traci Parker will reveal the African American movement to dismantle racially discriminatory hiring and customer service practices in department stores. She shows how blacks leveraged their collective labor and purchasing power to fully realize middle-class citizenship\, a status dependent on equal treatment as consumers as well as workers. \nDepartment stores (like Connecticut’s G. Fox & Co.) were epicenters of American consumption and modernity in the twentieth century. They were places of consumption\, leisure\, and work\, as well as sites for self-fashioning\, self-expression\, and human satisfaction. They enthroned consumption as the route to democracy and citizenship and invited everyone—regardless of race\, gender\, age\, class\, and country of origin—to enter\, browse\, and purchase often superfluous material goods. But even as department stores celebrated democracy\, they were\, in fact\, Jim Crow institutions designed to satisfy the needs and desires of middle-class whites\, albeit with an ambiguous color line. \nAfrican Americans\, therefore\, were initially hired only in menial positions\, though a few eventually moved up to white-collar jobs in sales and in the office. Meanwhile\, African American customers were welcome to shop\, but were provided uneven\, unequal service and found their movements and participation in the usual shopping “experience” severely constrained. They were routinely refused service at lunch counters\, restaurants\, and beauty shops. They were forbidden use of dressing rooms and restrooms\, were prohibited from trying on and returning clothes\, and could be arbitrarily refused entrance or service at any moment. \nFree and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Let us know you’re coming by emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker\nTraci Parker holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Chicago. She is currently an assistant professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst. Her work focuses on African American history\, gender\, labor\, and capitalism.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/16509-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth St\, Hartford\, 06105
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Black History,G. Fox,Special Event
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SUMMARY:Department Stores and the Black Freedom Struggle: Workers\, Consumers\, and Civil Rights
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, based on her new book\, Department Stores and the Black Freedom Struggle: Workers\, Consumers\, and Civil Rights\, Dr. Traci Parker will reveal the African American movement to dismantle racially discriminatory hiring and customer service practices in department stores. She shows how blacks leveraged their collective labor and purchasing power to fully realize middle-class citizenship\, a status dependent on equal treatment as consumers as well as workers. \nDepartment stores (like Connecticut’s G. Fox & Co.) were epicenters of American consumption and modernity in the twentieth century. They were places of consumption\, leisure\, and work\, as well as sites for self-fashioning\, self-expression\, and human satisfaction. They enthroned consumption as the route to democracy and citizenship and invited everyone—regardless of race\, gender\, age\, class\, and country of origin—to enter\, browse\, and purchase often superfluous material goods. But even as department stores celebrated democracy\, they were\, in fact\, Jim Crow institutions designed to satisfy the needs and desires of middle-class whites\, albeit with an ambiguous color line. \nAfrican Americans\, therefore\, were initially hired only in menial positions\, though a few eventually moved up to white-collar jobs in sales and in the office. Meanwhile\, African American customers were welcome to shop\, but were provided uneven\, unequal service and found their movements and participation in the usual shopping “experience” severely constrained. They were routinely refused service at lunch counters\, restaurants\, and beauty shops. They were forbidden use of dressing rooms and restrooms\, were prohibited from trying on and returning clothes\, and could be arbitrarily refused entrance or service at any moment. \nFree and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Let us know you’re coming by emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker\nTraci Parker holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Chicago. She is currently an assistant professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst. Her work focuses on African American history\, gender\, labor\, and capitalism.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/16509/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth St\, Hartford\, 06105
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Black History,G. Fox,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190420T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190420T110000
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Amistad: Black History at CMCH
DESCRIPTION:The CMCH is partnering with the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center to offer a joint program that explores the Black experience in Connecticut! \nThe program begins at CMCH at 10:00 am with a Behind-the-Scenes tour\, highlighting items that tell the story of black Connecticans\, both ordinary and extraordinary\, from the 1600s to today. You’ll learn about a Harlem Renaissance writer\, Ann Petry\, who carefully preserved artifacts chronicling the black community of Saybrook. Examine daguerreotypes by Augustus Washington\, who abandoned a successful Hartford photography business to build a new nation in Africa. Browse through the photo album of a Hollywood actress who became a champion of labor rights for black entertainers. Marvel at the gorgeous costumes created by CT’s West Indian community for their annual MAS celebration. And get to know James Pennington\, a hero of the anti-slavery movement whose words later became an inspiration for Martin Luther King\, Jr. \nThen\, at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center at 1:00pm\, the Black Perspectives tour emphasizes the Black experience of the 19th century and today. During a guided tour guests will uncover the voices of people of color surrounding Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The Black Perspectives tour uses Stowe’s home and collections to promote vibrant conversations focused on the Black voices that influenced Stowe and the voices that influence positive change today. \nEach tour lasts approximately one hour. The cost is $30 per person. \nAdvanced reservations are required a minimum of 7 days in advance. Tickets can be purchased online here. This tour is subject to cancellation due to insufficient numbers. \nJoin us on one of the scheduled public dates\, or contact the Stowe Center to book the experience for your group\, adrakes@stowecenter.org or 860-522-9258 ext. 307. \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger at natalie_belanger@chs.org or call 860-236-5621 ext. 289. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/beyond-the-amistad-black-history-at-chs-3-2-2-3-3/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:behind the scenes,Black History
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