Join Sema Hadithi, Better Days, and Wasatch Community Gardens for a mural unveiling at Richmond Park! The mural, by Brooke Smart with a community-driven design process, depicts 4 Black women who lived and worked the neighborhood at different points in Utah history. The finished creation will be unveiled at 6 pm on June 27 as […]
Join the History Center for a panel discussion that will explore the history of voting rights in conjunction with the Civic Season theme of “Rewind, Reflect, and Reimagine.” Dr. Ray Block of Penn State University will discuss voting history in Pennsylvania, from state jurisdictions under the Constitution, to the 15th Amendment, through today. Civil rights […]
Join us for a reading of "200 Years of Returns," followed by a discussion with the Colonial Williamsburg Museum Theatre team and B4 Youth Theatre who will be visiting from Liberia.
Visit one of the nation's best-preserved, one-room African American schoolhouses the first Saturday of each month from April to October and during Juneteenth weekend. Check out the restored schoolhouse and learn about its rich history and importance to education in St. Mary's County. Staff will be available at the school during this time to answer […]
Come visit the Library of Virginia in-person to learn more about how Virginians used petitions to bring local and personal issues to the attention of their legislators. Free parking is available under our building in beautiful and historic downtown Richmond.
CLEVELAND, OH -- Join us as we commemorate Juneteenth at the African American Cultural Garden on June 18th. Car decorating for the Caravan will start at 9:00 a.m. and the Caravan will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. at Wheelock Avenue near the African American Garden. Grand Marshall Mayor Mustin Bibb will lead the Caravan event […]
Let's honor Juneteenth, along with photographer Roxanne Quezada Chartouni, with an online photo exhibit that chronicles her experience in 1987 of Freedmen's Town in Houston's Fourth Ward — a principal site for early Juneteenth celebrations.
Before Juneteenth and the Emancipation Proclamation, thousands of formerly enslaved men, women, and children gained freedom and sanctuary by escaping to Union camps in the South after Shepard Mallory, Frank Baker, and James Townsend secured their liberty at Fort Monroe. This performance tells the story of Americus Weston’s journey to freedom during the Civil War, developed […]
For people of all ages, the concept of freedom and the history of slavery can be challenging to grasp. Use this guide to learn more about Juneteenth and start conversations about slavery and freedom with the children in your life.
The Declaration of Independence asserts that ‘all men are created equal’ and are endowed with certain unalienable rights - ‘life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness’. When those words were written, over 52 percent of Williamsburg’s population was enslaved. This is a special release of “Created Equal,” a museum theatre exploration of African American perspectives […]
Gaspee: The Spark that Ignited the American Revolution is an exhibition at the RI State Archives that explores the attack on the HMS Gaspee, a British revenue schooner, through eye-witness accounts and period testimonies. The attack and its aftermath were a key catalyst for events that followed, including the Boston Tea Party, and eventually, full-scale […]
Twenty-five years in the making, “Bronzeville to Harlem: An American Story,” created by artist Preston Jackson, is a sculptural installation comprised of hundreds of unique small bronze and steel figures, relief sculptures, automobiles, buildings, streets and a truss bridge. Originally entitled “From Bronzeville to Harlem,” the cityscape is a simultaneously playful and serious contemplation of […]