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A Journey in American History
"Connecting the Spokes on the Wheel of History of Enslaved People and Descendants"
Events
- Multiple DatesFri, Dec 01American Folk Art MuseumDec 01, 2023, 7:00 PM – Dec 31, 2023, 7:00 PMAmerican Folk Art Museum, 2 Lincoln Square, New York, NY 10023, USADarby Vassall exhibition, which includes audio interviews of Dennis Lloyd, Egypt Lloyd and Jordan Lloyd. Exhibition can be seen at: 2 Lincoln Square, New York City
- Wed, Dec 13Virtual EventDec 13, 2023, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AMVirtual EventRachel Hoyle is the Programs Coordinator at the Shirley-Eustis House Association in Roxbury, MA. She plans events such as community festivals, academic lectures, concerts, and more.
- Wed, Dec 13Virtual EventDec 13, 2023, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PMVirtual EventShirley Eustis House, Built in 1747. An English country estate. A site of human enslavement. A relic of the British Empire.
- Wed, Jan 10Virtual EventJan 10, 2024, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AMVirtual EventCatherine Matthews is the Director of Education at Old North Illuminated where she oversees the planning, creation, and implementation of on-site interpretation and virtual/curricular educational programming.
- Wed, Jan 10Virtual EventJan 10, 2024, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AMVirtual EventEstablished in 1723 as Christ Church in the City of Boston, Old North Church is both a national historic landmark operated by Old North Illuminated and an active Episcopal Church congregation. Old North is the oldest church building and the longest-serving Episcopal congregation in the city.
- Wed, Nov 08Virtual EventNov 08, 2023, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AMVirtual EventEmelie Gevalt, Curator of Folk Art, Curatorial Chair for Collections, American Folk Art Museum
- Wed, Nov 08Virtual EventNov 08, 2023, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PMVirtual EventCandid, genuine, and unexpected, we are New York City’s only museum dedicated to folk & self-taught artists.
- Fri, Oct 20Harvard Club of New YorkOct 20, 2023, 6:00 PM – Oct 21, 2023, 6:00 PMHarvard Club of New York, 35 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036, USAFeaturing remarks from Professor Tyler VanderWeele on forgiveness and human flourishing, Rhodes Scholar Carissa Chen '21, whose senior thesis traced and found the families of Isaac Royall and Tony and Cuba, and a conversation between Ms. Julia Royall, Mr. Dennis Lloyd and Ms. Egypt Lloyd.
- Multiple DatesThu, Oct 12Radio InterviewOct 12, 2023, 7:00 PM – Oct 13, 2023, 7:00 PMRadio Interviewhttps://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2022/10/12/here-lies-darby-vassall-installation-honors-the-life-of-anti-slavery-advocate-and-activist
- Wed, Oct 11Virtual EventOct 11, 2023, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AMVirtual EventBoston native Christian Walkes is the Director of Education and Interpretation Programs at Museum of African History and a Ph.D. Student in Education at Harvard University where he studies the history of African American education.
- Wed, Oct 11Virtual EventOct 11, 2023, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PMVirtual EventChristian Walkes, Associate Director of Education and Interpretation at the Museum of African American History - Boston|Nantucket
- Wed, Sep 13Virtual EventSep 13, 2023, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PMVirtual EventSara Bleich is the inaugural Vice Provost for Special Projects at Harvard University, director of the social sciences program and Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor at Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Professor of Public Health Policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Wed, Jun 14VirtualJun 14, 2023, 10:30 PM – 10:35 PMVirtualThe Royall House Association explores the meanings of freedom and independence before, during, and since the American Revolution, in the context of a household of wealthy Loyalists and enslaved Africans.
- Wed, Jun 14MedfordJun 14, 2023, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PMMedford, 15 George St, Medford, MA 02155, USA
- Wed, May 10Ajas Lans, Harvard UniversityMay 10, 2023, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PMAjas Lans, Harvard UniversityShe is currently investigating the remains of Black people curated in Harvard’s Peabody Museum with support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation. Outside of the academy, she consults as a bioarchaeologist on CRM projects in New York City.
- Wed, Apr 26Virtual EventApr 26, 2023, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PMVirtual EventProducer/Director
- Wed, Apr 12Virtual EventApr 12, 2023, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PMVirtual EventShe’s the author of the award-winning 2018 book, A Dark Inheritance: Blood, Race, and Sex in Colonial Jamaica and co-editor of the 2014 book Native Diasporas: Indigenous Identities and Settler Colonialism in the Americas.
- Sat, Mar 25Brookline Town HallMar 25, 2023, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PMBrookline Town Hall, 333 Washington St, Brookline, MA 02445, USAREGISTER HERE: https://hiddenbrookline.weebly.com/walking-tours-and-events.html This lively 90-minute tour visits three sites to tell tell the history and some stories of slavery and freedom.
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