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Dec
1
Tue
2020
“Black Poets Then and Now” presented by Dr. Janice K. Neal-Vincent
“Black Poets Then and Now” presented by Dr. Janice K. Neal-Vincent, Virtual Book Toasters Speaking Series, Community Library Mississippi. A look at black poets and their impact on social justice and society Community Library MS Zoom link then and now.
Jan
11
Mon
2021
Isabel Wilkerson discusses her critically acclaimed book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.
In this brilliant book, Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings.
Copies of Caste available to borrow from HCLS or purchase a copy from Books with a Past.
ASL interpretation provided.
For more information on this Speaker, please visit prhspeakers.com.
Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive a second email 24 hours prior to the start of the event with the information to join by computer, tablet, or phone.
Author photo credit: Joe Henson
Sponsored by Friends & Foundation of Howard County Library System and Maryland Libraries Together, a collaboration of Maryland Libraries to engage communities in enriching educational experiences that advance an understanding of the issues of our time. This project is supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act Administered by the Maryland State Library.
More info at https://howardcounty.librarycalendar.com/…/isabel…
Jan
13
Wed
2021
Jan 13 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
The Reconstruction period is an important time in our U.S. history.
It spanned from 1865-1877. The purpose was to undo some of the ills of slavery for African Americans. The formerly enslaved Black men were now given the right to vote. Other programs such as the Freedman’s Bureau were also established.
It spanned from 1865-1877. The purpose was to undo some of the ills of slavery for African Americans. The formerly enslaved Black men were now given the right to vote. Other programs such as the Freedman’s Bureau were also established.
However this is also the time period when groups like the KKK and the White League are formed. This experiment is racially equity is ground to a halt by sheer violence.
There are parallels between that time period and today. Today’s Neo Confederate Republicans and trumpists share much in common with their treasonous fore fathers. Their psychological, emotional, and financial investment in white supremacy is too great to give up. To maintain it they are willing to risk destroying this country.
Join us as we view a portion of the PBS documentary, “Reconstruction: America after the Civil War. We will be confronting this painful time in our history to better understand where we are now as a Nation.
Jan
16
Sat
2021
Jan 16 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Lecture: featuring Eddie S. Glaude
Saturday, January 16, 1 pm EST
Author Eddie S. Glaude Jr. will talk about race today in America following the Trumpian era of shattered promises and white retrenchment. Mixing biography–drawn partially from newly uncovered interviews–with history, memoir, and trenchant analysis of our current moment, Begin Again is Glaude’s attempt, following Baldwin, to bear witness to the difficult truth of race. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University and author of Democracy in Black. In partnership with Enoch Pratt Library.
Jan
18
Mon
2021
A Baptist minister and champion of nonviolent activism, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most influential figures of the civil rights movement. He spent considerable time in Chicago protesting racial discrimination, particularly in housing and education. Explore ways the Chicago History Museum continues to preserve and amplify King’s legacy of action and activism in our annual family-friendly event. Take a virtual tour of the Chicago places Dr. King frequented such as the North Lawndale neighborhood and places of worship, participate in virtual storytelling, and create hands-on history art highlighting Dr. King’s messages of justice, peace, and change. More to come soon; we look forward to seeing you!
This virtual event is FREE; we would greatly appreciate a donation to the Museum in any amount. Zoom links will be provided after registration.
Get the full details at https://bit.ly/3oNr1GY
SCHEDULE
Introduction – Charles E. Bethea, CHM Andrew W. Mellon Director of Collections and Curatorial Affairs
Introduction – Charles E. Bethea, CHM Andrew W. Mellon Director of Collections and Curatorial Affairs
Social Studies | Space – CHM assistant curator Julius L. Jones shares places and spaces where Dr. King was active in Chicago with “Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago,” a self-guided virtual tour created in partnership with Vamonde. All ages welcome
Social Studies | Conversation – Chicago Sun-Times columnist Laura Washington moderates a discussion with exhibition curator Joy L. Bivins and CHM assistant curator Brittany Hutchinson about the creation of our exhibition Remembering Dr. King: 1929–1968. Recommended for 6th grade and up
Social Studies | Conversation – Join Peter T. Alter, CHM chief historian and director of the Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, and Blanche Suggs-Killingsworth, head of the North Lawndale Historical and Cultural Society, for a talk on Dr. King’s activism in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood and how it has inspired contemporary activism there. Recommended for 6th grade and up
Social Studies | Hands-on History – Protest Signs arts workshop with teaching artist Justin Ricks. All ages welcome
Social Studies | Hands-on History – Reimagining King Drive arts workshop with teaching artist Justin Ricks. All ages welcome
Social Studies | Theater – Storytelling with Gwen Hilary and Enoch Robinson. All ages welcome
Social Studies | Theater – Harold Green, King in Continuum. Recommended for 6th grade and up
Social Studies | Sound – Joan Collaso and Timeless Gifts, A Song for America’s Children. All ages welcome
Social Studies | Sound – Sadie Woods, It was a Rebellion. Recommended for 6th grade and up
Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day immersed in music, culture, and community. This year’s virtual festival highlights MLK’s dedication to labor and workers’ rights, and these movements’ continued importance today. Enjoy these vibrant programs and activities for all ages.
10:00 am
Musical Welcome from ICYOLA
Kick off CAAM’s MLK Day Celebration with members of the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (ICYOLA), the largest majority Black orchestra in America. Enjoy a beautiful rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” followed by a mellow set to ease you into the holiday.
Musical Welcome from ICYOLA
Kick off CAAM’s MLK Day Celebration with members of the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (ICYOLA), the largest majority Black orchestra in America. Enjoy a beautiful rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” followed by a mellow set to ease you into the holiday.
11:00 am
King Study Group
Join the King Study Group to engage with King’s speech in support of Memphis Sanitation Workers. Delivered the day before he was assassinated in 1968, this speech is commonly known by the theme in its concluding paragraph: “I’ve been to the mountaintop.” The speech is most remembered for that chilling phrase, which foreshadowed his untimely death, but King’s true message was about economic power, workers’ rights, and the strengthening of Black institutions.
King Study Group
Join the King Study Group to engage with King’s speech in support of Memphis Sanitation Workers. Delivered the day before he was assassinated in 1968, this speech is commonly known by the theme in its concluding paragraph: “I’ve been to the mountaintop.” The speech is most remembered for that chilling phrase, which foreshadowed his untimely death, but King’s true message was about economic power, workers’ rights, and the strengthening of Black institutions.
1:00 pm
Black Workers and Social Justice: From Memphis, 1968, to Today
The labor movement was—and remains—essential to the struggle for racial equity and civil rights. King’s final campaign was undertaken to support striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. Hear a distinguished panel discuss the struggle in Memphis, the right to strike, and Black labor’s role in the California economy and in today’s movement for social change. Panelists include Janel Bailey, Co-Executive Director of Organizing and Programs at the Los Angeles Black Worker Center; Steven Pitts, Associate Director emeritus of UC Berkeley Labor Center and host of the podcast, Black Work Talk; and sanitation worker Rodney Fowler Sr., Vice President District 5, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees District Council 36, and President, Local 127, San Diego. The panel will be moderated by CAAM’s History Curator, Susan D. Anderson.
Black Workers and Social Justice: From Memphis, 1968, to Today
The labor movement was—and remains—essential to the struggle for racial equity and civil rights. King’s final campaign was undertaken to support striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. Hear a distinguished panel discuss the struggle in Memphis, the right to strike, and Black labor’s role in the California economy and in today’s movement for social change. Panelists include Janel Bailey, Co-Executive Director of Organizing and Programs at the Los Angeles Black Worker Center; Steven Pitts, Associate Director emeritus of UC Berkeley Labor Center and host of the podcast, Black Work Talk; and sanitation worker Rodney Fowler Sr., Vice President District 5, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees District Council 36, and President, Local 127, San Diego. The panel will be moderated by CAAM’s History Curator, Susan D. Anderson.
2:30 pm
Family Storytime and Poetry Workshop
Close out the holiday with this family program celebrating MLK. Author Alice Faye Duncan will read excerpts from her children’s book, Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968, followed by a haiku writing workshop.
Family Storytime and Poetry Workshop
Close out the holiday with this family program celebrating MLK. Author Alice Faye Duncan will read excerpts from her children’s book, Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968, followed by a haiku writing workshop.
Feb
10
Wed
2021
Join us for a conversation about the life and legacy of Elijah Cummings between Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, book collaborator James Dale, and moderator Dr. Freeman Hrabowski. Presented in partnership with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum.
Part memoir, part call to action, We’re Better Than This is the story of our modern-day democracy and the threats that we all must face together, as well as a retrospective on the life and career of one of our country’s most inspirational politicians. We’re Better Than This reminds people that in this country we don’t elect kings, and we cannot afford four more years of this false one.
Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings is a social entrepreneur, speaker, writer, and strategist who’s on a mission to drive society toward inclusion. After a quarter of a century of working on innovative public policy and multimillion-dollar social change initiatives in the government, nonprofit, and private sectors, Maya is a policy and political expert who understands how to build and sustain cross-sector collaborations, diverse coalitions, dynamic diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies, and effective education campaigns. An accomplished public speaker and author, Maya has appeared in a variety of media outlets such as CBS, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and BET and her writings have been published in the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Huffington Post, and the Washington Post among other publications. She has served on numerous boards including the National Association of Counties Financial Services Corporation, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, and the National Academy of Social Insurance. She is the recipient of multiple honors such as the Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellowship Award and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Fellowship Award and has been a candidate for Maryland governor and the U.S. Congress. A former chair of the Maryland Democratic Party, Maya earned her B.A. in political science from Prairie View A&M University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in political science, with an emphasis in public policy, from Purdue University. She is the widow of the late Congressman Elijah E. Cummings and lives in West Baltimore with her dog Andy.
James Dale has been author-collaborator on a number of books on topics including business, medicine, and life lessons. His works include The Power of Nice with agent-negotiator Ron Shapiro; Just Show Up with Hall of Fame baseball player Cal Ripken Jr.; and The Q Factor with Super Bowl–winning coach Brian Billick.
Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, has served as President of UMBC (The University of Maryland, Baltimore County) since 1992. His research and publications focus on science and math education, with special emphasis on minority participation and performance. He chaired the National Academies’ committee that produced the 2011 report, Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America’s Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads. He was named in 2012 by President Obama to chair the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans. His 2013 TED talk highlights the “Four Pillars of College Success in Science.” A child-leader in the Civil Rights Movement, Hrabowski was prominently featured in Spike Lee’s 1997 documentary, Four Little Girls, on the racially motivated bombing in 1963 of Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. Born in 1950 in Birmingham, Alabama, Hrabowski graduated from Hampton Institute with highest honors in mathematics. He received his M.A. (mathematics) and Ph.D. (higher education administration/statistics) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Order your copy of We’re Better Than This from the Ivy Bookshop.
The Brown Lecture Series is supported by the Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Foundation.
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The conversation will also be broadcasted on the Enoch Pratt Free Library Facebook page
Feb
18
Thu
2021
Human rights are not given—they are taken. People in struggle define and legitimize these rights, which are realized when the people have the power to radically transform society. In other words, there can be no human rights without fundamental structural change. That is the Black radical human-rights tradition systematized as the People(s)-Centered Human Rights (PCHRs) framework.
In memory of Malcolm X, a champion of the Black radical human-rights tradition who was assassinated 56 years ago this month, join the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) at 7 p.m., EST, on February 18, for another Black Power Educational Webinar.
SPEAKERS
– Djibo Sobukwe, Former Member of the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (AAPRP) Central Committee and member of the BAP Research Team
– Esther Ojulari, Colombian Regional Coordinator for Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento (CODHES), member of the International Coalition of People of African Descent, and member of the BAP International Committee
– Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly, BAP Coordinating Committee member and BAP Research Team Co-Coordinator
– Kali Akuno, Cooperation Jackson and founding member of BAP Coordinating Committee
– Djibo Sobukwe, Former Member of the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (AAPRP) Central Committee and member of the BAP Research Team
– Esther Ojulari, Colombian Regional Coordinator for Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento (CODHES), member of the International Coalition of People of African Descent, and member of the BAP International Committee
– Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly, BAP Coordinating Committee member and BAP Research Team Co-Coordinator
– Kali Akuno, Cooperation Jackson and founding member of BAP Coordinating Committee
MODERATOR
Jacqueline Luqman, Journalist and member of the BAP Outreach Team
Jacqueline Luqman, Journalist and member of the BAP Outreach Team
This webinar will be livestreamed here on our Facebook page and you also can register to join on Zoom: bit.ly/MalcolmXFeb18
Feb
21
Sun
2021
Annual gathering to commemorate the founding of the New Afrikan Independence Party (NAIP) on February 21, 2012 and the assassination of Malcolm X on February 21, 1965.
Join the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement for the 30th Annual Malcolm X Commemoration featuring keynote address from community activist and We Will Shoot Back author, Dr. Akinyele Umoja, along with Kujichagulia Award recipient, the ATL Chapt of National African American Gun Association AND performances from Maiesha McQueen and the New Afrikan Scouts.
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