Changemakers: A History Slam
2022-06-12 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Revolutionary Spaces, United States
“Party at Old South Meeting House!”
– Benjamin Franklin
(probably)
Join Revolutionary Spaces for its first-ever History Slam – a night full of raucous history presentations (we dare you!), music, drinks, and snacks… and a little friendly competition!
Are you a historian or student of history (or just like talking about history, ‘cause that is totally cool, too)? Sign up to rock it out onstage!
We challenge our historians to up their game for the prize of an adoring crowd and bottle of a fine, fine nightcap. The gauntlet: a bombastic, five minute talk with ten slides, showcasing an American Changemaker under the age of 30. The audience will exercise their civic responsibility and vote for their favorite historian or hero.
Of course, it’s not a real party without somebody playing a guitar (“Anyway, here’s ‘The Liberty Song’”), so come for the history and stay for the music. Beer, soda, and excellent snacks will also be available. When else do you get to party in an 18th century meeting house?
Visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org to learn more! Sign up to throw your name in the ring, or just straight up RSVP to hang out and have a good time.

Book Talk: Bo Seo on "Good Arguments"
2022-06-13 13:00 - 14:00 (Pacific/Niue) | Better Arguments Project, United States
Join the Better Arguments Project for a conversation with Bo Seo, author of the upcoming book “Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard.” In this conversation, Seo will share his experience as an immigrant and how debate helped him thrive in an unfamiliar culture and reveal the timeless secrets of effective communication and persuasion that make for a fulfilling life, successful career, and effective global citizenship.
Bo Seo is a two-time world champion debater and former coach of the Australian national debating team and the Harvard College Debating Union. One of the most recognized figures in the global debate community, he has won both the World Schools Debating Championship and the World University Debating Championship. Seo has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, CNN, and many other outlets. Seo graduated from Harvard University and received a master’s degree in public policy from Tsinghua University. He is currently a Juris Doctor candidate at Harvard Law School.
The Better Arguments Project is a partnership between the Aspen Institute Citizenship and American Identity Program, Facing History and Ourselves, and Allstate.

Talk Show: Women Artists and Silversmiths
2022-06-14 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | National Museum of Women in the Arts, United States
The National Museum of Women in the Arts’s (NMWA) monthly talk show connects viewers to the museum and its mission to champion women artists. On this episode, Virginia Treanor, NMWA associate curator, and Adrienne L. Gayoso, senior educator, are joined by Brittany Luberda, assistant curator of decorative arts at the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA). They will discuss NMWA’s long-term loan of silver objects to the BMA as well as the realities of women silversmiths in late 18th- and early 19th-century London.
About Brittany Luberda
Brittany Luberda is the assistant curator of decorative arts at the BMA, where she curates the American and European collection of objects and furniture. Prior to joining the BMA, Brittany held decorative arts curatorial positions at the Saint Louis Art Museum and the Frick. Luberda is working on two reinstallations of Europe Art 1400–1800 and American Art Colonialism through the 1960s at the BMA. She is the decorative arts curator for the upcoming traveling exhibition Renaissance Woman (tentative title), which explores European women artists in all media from the Renaissance through circa 1800, including works on loan from NMWA.
Image: Mary Ann Croswell, George III child’s rattle, 1808; Silver with coral, 5 3/8 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Silver collection assembled by Nancy Valentine, purchased with funds donated by Mr. and Mrs. Oliver R. Grace and family; Photo by Lee Stalsworth

CIRCLE Growing Voters Event
2022-06-14 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), https://hopin.com/events/tufts-circle/registration, MA, United States
How do we develop the next generation of voters and expand the electorate? Join the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), the nation’s leading, nonpartisan applied research institute on youth voting, as we present a new paradigm to guide the work of preparing young people for electoral participation: CIRCLE Growing Voters. Based on exclusive, rigorous research, our framework serves as a guide for every institution and community to help grow voters, with actionable recommendations for educators, organizers, policymakers, journalists, funders, families, young leaders, and more. Only by working together can we close voting gaps, expand the electorate, and support a more equitable and representative American democracy.
Join us on June 14 at 2:00 p.m. for a special virtual event as we release a groundbreaking new report and introduce the CIRCLE Growing Voters framework. We’ll present an overview of the research in the report, feature a panel of young voters, and hear from experts in various fields about how they’re working to put into practice the principles of CIRCLE Growing Voters. We’ll also share additional opportunities to learn about this work in the coming weeks and months.

Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Our History by Preserving Slave Houses
2022-06-14 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Colonial Williamsburg, 301 S. Nassau St., Williamsburg, VA, 23185, United States
Jobie Hill is a preservation architect, who launched the project “Saving Slave Houses” in 2012 to ensure that slave dwellings and their history were not lost forever. This illustrated lecture will highlight ongoing slave house research, fieldwork efforts, and new methods of interpretation. Today’s preservation project stakeholders now include the voices of diverse groups. These changes have helped to empower historically excluded communities and preserve irreplaceable historic and cultural resources that are quickly disappearing and being forgotten.

How Race and Sports Shaped Charlottesville, VA
2022-06-14 19:00 (Pacific/Niue) | Albermarle Charlottesville Historical Society, VA, United States
The Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society has launched a major oral history project called “Race & Sports: Athletics and Desegregation in Central Virginia.” This project seeks to collect and preserve the memories of those involved in Central Virginia public school sports during the period of Massive Resistance and desegregation. We are building a database of interviews with Black and White student athletes, cheerleaders, school administrators, teachers, coaches, local leaders, and parents who share their stories of that tumultuous time. Did athletics help to build relationships and understandings across the color line? Or did the “team” only exist on the field of play? Please join us on June 14, 2022 at 7pm for an update on this ongoing project and hear from two participants who will share some of the stories we have documented.

Deliberation on the Electoral College and Its Alternatives
2022-06-15 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Deliberations.US, MI, United States
Deliberations. US is a non-partisan organization dedicated to reinvigorating our democracy through fostering civic engagement and learning among America’s college students. By engaging America’s youth in fact-based, nonpartisan and balanced deliberations, we’ll foster informed opinions, advance communication and critical thinking skills, reveal common ground, and bring democracy back to the people.
Please join our online deliberation on the Electoral College to discuss -with people of differing views- the questions raised about how we elect our president, and how it might be different! To do so sign up for Kazm, our free online video chat platform, and then select a deliberation event in which to participate. After registering for a deliberation event, you will be sent an email with a link to the event and a brief survey on the Electoral College with some short videos to watch prior to the event embedded. At the time of the deliberation event, you will enter a Deliberations.US room in Kazm for an hour-long discussion on the Electoral College. The deliberation is organized into sections that first introduce the Electoral College then examine three potential reforms of the Electoral College. Our deliberations can accommodate any number of participants and through breakout rooms allow all participants the opportunity to speak, listen, and learn from people of diverse views and backgrounds. At the end, we will collect the participants views again.

Play for Democracy! How to raise better citizens with play
2022-06-16 17:00 (Pacific/Niue) | The History Co:Lab, MA, United States
This webinar, hosted by play experts Education for Sharing and The History Co:Lab, will offer fun and engaging techniques for young parents and educators to nurture the civic capabilities of the kids in their care through play. This will be a very interactive and lively webinar with the goal of providing participants with concrete tools and inspirations to bring joy, connection and creativity and civic agency into their lives!

Gentle Thursday@Localmotion
2022-06-16 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Three Rivers Museum, 220 Elgin, Muskogee, OK, 74401, United States
Gentle Thursday@Localmotion is a festival on the Depot Green in Downtown Muskogee that is designed to engage young people and their families in civics investigations. On the Depot Green people can play lawn games, enjoy food trucks, and live music while also participating in voting simulation and chalk-the-block type activities. An art show highlighting the questions, “What does America mean to you,” “How do you show your patriotism,” “Why should we vote,” or “How do you engage with our democracy?” will be held at a coffee bar located at the Green. People’s Choice art awards will be given at the end of the evening. We will also have a special exhibit at Three Rivers Museum.

Gentle Thursday@Localmotion
2022-06-16 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Three Rivers Museum, United States

Juneteenth Keynote Lecture and Gospel Music Performance
2022-06-16 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Missouri History Museum, 5700 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis , 63112, United States
Join Bill Doggett as he presents a multimedia keynote address about the life of his father, Reverend Dr. John N. Doggett Jr., a beloved and critical leader who worked tirelessly for civil rights.

National Museum of Women in the Arts Book Club
2022-06-16 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | National Museum of Women in the Arts, DC, United States
Join us for a dynamic live reading of Saida Agostini’s poetry collection STUNT (2020), a reimagining of the life of Nellie Jackson, an early twentieth century brothel owner, freedom fighter, and entrepreneur.
Literary maven Lisa Pegram will lead the reading, which will also feature Agostini and performing artists Holly Bass, Dehejia Maat, Maryam Fatima Foye, and Melani Douglass. The reading will be followed by a conversation with the author about the book and its themes, and then a Q&A session. Images from NMWA’s collection that represent themes from STUNT will also be interspersed throughout the program.
This book discussion series, presented by the museum‘s public programs and Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center teams.
About STUNT:
What does it mean to know the interior lives of Black women? STUNT imagines scenes from the life of Nellie Jackson. Born in 1902, Miss Nellie ran a brothel in Natchez, Mississippi for sixty years until her death in 1990. A freedom fighter and entrepreneur who spied on the KKK and supported civil rights activists, Nellie Jackson is a legend that troubles our notions of Black narratives and histories. By turns jubilant, sensual and violent, STUNT imagines Nellie as a woman who revels in her Blackness, power and creation.

Virtual Book Club - Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
2022-06-16 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | New Jersey Historical Commission, NJ, United States
Join us for a virtual book club discussing the book “Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge” by Erica Armstrong Dunbar. Ona Judge, an enslaved woman in George Washington’s household, escaped to find freedom in New England. She was pursued by an intense manhunt led by Washington. Come and discuss the story of Ona Judge and the larger themes of resilience, strength, and humanity commemorated throughout Juneteenth. The event is sponsored by the Newark Public Library and New Jersey Historical Society.
You can access “Never Caught” at your local library or for purchase in your local bookstore or online. The book’s publisher Simon and Schuster offers the publication as free eBook if you sign-up for their mailing list online.

Women in Jazz: On and Off the Stage
2022-06-16 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, United States
The multifaceted field of jazz provides a wide range of opportunities for creative expression. Often overlooked, the contributions of women have and continue to have a dynamic impact on jazz. As jazz performers, educators, artists, producers, and directors, women have struggled for equal recognition.
They get their due in a lecture-concert presentation featuring Charlie Young, Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks artistic director and professor of jazz studies at Howard University. Young highlights the contributions of some of the leading women in jazz as the SJMO performs music they’ve made famous: pianist, composer, and writer Marian McPartland (“Ambiance”); pianist, composer, and band leader Toshiko Akiyoshi (“March of the Tadpoles)”; and saxophonist, arranger, and educator (and SJMO member) Leigh Pilzer (“East Coast Andy”).

Justice Talks
2022-06-17 00:00 (America/New_York) | Sing Sing Prison Museum, United States
Create action steps towards ​envisioning a more equitable future with our bi-monthly webinar series.
Join the June conversation, “Gender Identity Respect, Dignity, and Safety in NY Prisons” on June 17. We will be looking at Senate Bill S6677A, which ensures gender identity respect, dignity, and safety in prisons. This panel discussion will feature the bill’s sponsor, Senator Julia Salazar, and a representative from the NYCLU who helped craft this bill as well as individuals who have directly experienced the lack of respect and danger of the system as it currently functions.

Explore the Arts: Drum Circles facilitated by Bongo Boy Music School
2022-06-17 11:00 UTC | Conner Prairie, 13400 Allisonville Road, Fishers, 46038, United States
Bongo Boy Music School will facilitate 6 drum circles for guests of all ages at Conner Prairie. No experience necessary! Drums are provided by Bongo Boy Music School. Space is limited and drum circles begin at 11am, 11:30am, 12pm, 12:30pm, 1pm and 1:30pm. Each drum circle will last approx. 15 minutes. This is a hands-on experience. Come share your groove!
This program is FREE with Admission to Conner Prairie!

Freedom on Paper: An Exhibition of “Free Negro Registers” from the Virginia Untold Project
2022-06-17 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Library of Virginia, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA, 23219, United States
In celebration of Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States, visitors to the Library of Virginia will have the rare opportunity to view a selection of “Free Negro Registers” displayed in the lobby and to learn about the Library’s efforts to digitize, preserve, and make them more accessible. These records demonstrate Virginia’s efforts to control and regulate its growing free Black population from the late 18th century to the Civil War. The registers provide the names, ages, and physical descriptions of free Black and multiracial individuals who were required to register in their Virginia locality.
Lydia Neuroth, project manager for Virginia Untold, will be on hand to discuss the records and answer questions. The Virginia Untold project provides digital access to collections from Virginia localities relating to enslaved and free Black individuals prior to 1866.
The exhibition of records runs through Monday, June 27, 2022.

Celebrate Juneteenth at the North Carolina Museum of History
2022-06-17 13:00 UTC | North Carolina Museum of History, 5 East Edenton Street, Raleigh, 27605, United States
FREE in-person, drop-in program
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. From its Galveston, Texas, origin in 1865, the observance of African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United States and beyond.
Today, Juneteenth commemorates African American freedom and emphasizes education and achievement. It is a day, a week, and, in some areas, a month marked with celebrations, presentations, picnics, and family gatherings. Juneteenth is a time for reflection and rejoicing, and for looking to the future.
Drop-in at the NC Museum of History for an afternoon of activities inspired by the national holiday. Meet members of the Battery B Second Regiment, US Colored Light Artillery Civil War reenactors, as they reveal the legacy of the courageous soldiers in the struggle for freedom and citizenship during the American Civil War. Visit museum exhibits, and watch Neal Thomas make split-oak baskets, like those used by families at early Juneteenth celebrations.
We will also be screening a new documentary film from PBSNC titled George Henry White: Searching for Freedom.
The 30-minute documentary film will be screened in Daniels Auditorium at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh from 7 to 9 p.m. Admission is free.
The historical biographical film chronicles the career of African American US congressman George H. White, whose last term in Congress ended in 1901 after the disenfranchisement of African Americans across North Carolina.
White’s final words to Congress predicted that African Americans would one day return to its halls despite the onset of the Jim Crow era. President Barack Obama recognized White’s accomplishments in a 2009 speech that brought the congressman’s legacy back into the spotlight. White’s rise to political leadership and his remarkable career are well known to historians, but his story has been largely left out of the mainstream historical narrative.
North Carolina historians and authors Crystal R. Sanders, Earl Ijames, David S. Cecelski, and Benjamin R. Justensen appear in the film.
Historian Earl Ijames and the film’s director, Mike O’Connell, will introduce the film and participate in a Q&A session after the screening. All are welcome to this timely event presented by the NC Museum of History in honor of Juneteenth.

Juneteenth Lecture Series, "Cause & Effect: Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation"
2022-06-17 13:00 UTC | University of Illinois at Springfield’s Center for Lincoln Studies, Illinois State Museum, 502 S Spring St, Springfield, Springfield, 62704, United States
The Emancipation Proclamation. Explore the creation and legacy of this important historical document with the Juneteenth Lecture Series discussion on “Cause & Effect: Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation.” Dr. Edna Greene Medford and Dr. Holly Pinheiro join the University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies, the Illinois State Museum, and Juneteenth, Inc. for this talk.
The program will also be streamed live online, with advanced registration required to watch, at https://uis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_syRW9nysRTeQczb2fZSHIw?fbclid=IwAR0EJyjSOjxcN7_pMwfV_54s9RcTlCSHRsAOUzv8QqkvnMBUkwXkGKqhODE

Start Your Weekend Off Right: Art Chat @ 5
2022-06-17 17:00 UTC | National Museum of Women in the Arts, United States
We invite you to jumpstart your weekend with art: every Friday at 5 p.m. (ET), join the National Museum of Women in the Arts for informal 45-minute art chats about selected artworks from NMWA’s collection. Each week a new sampling of artworks will be considered. You can even enjoy your favorite happy hour drink or snack during the sessions.
Registration is limited to 45 participants each week.
It’s simple to participate:
Check out this week’s artworks—to be announced!
Complete the registration request form for Friday’s video call.
The week of the program, keep an eye out for an email that provides further information. The first 45 registrants will receive a meeting link; others will receive notification that the program is full.
If you received the meeting link, hop online and follow the instructions to join the conversation Friday at 5 p.m. (ET).
Questions? Email education@nmwa.org.
Image: Rosa Bonheur, Sheep by the Sea, 1865; Oil on cradled panel, 12 3/4 x 18 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay

The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America’s Judicial Hero
2022-06-17 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Filson Historical Society, 1310 S. 3rd Street, Louisville, KY, 40208, United States
They say that history is written by the victors. But not in the case of the most famous dissenter on the Supreme Court. Almost a century after his death, John Marshall Harlan’s words helped end segregation and gave us our civil rights and our modern economic freedom.
This is a hybrid event with in-person and virtual options.

In Celebration of Pride and Portraits: A Conversation with Riva Lehrer and Achy Obejas
2022-06-17 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Insitution, 8th and G Streets, Washington, DC, DC, 20013, United States
In-person, in the Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium at the National Portrait Gallery
Queer identity and disability – how can portraits help us understand these themes? Join a conversation with artist and educator Riva Lehrer and Cuban American writer Achy Obejas. Obejas was the subject of Lehrer’s piece that was a finalist in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition and is now on view in “The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today.”
As a part of the Tommie L. Pegues and Donald A. Capoccia Conversation Series in LGBTQ+ Portraiture, this event will explore themes related to queer identity and disability. Moderated by the National Portrait Gallery’s curator of painting, sculpture, and Latinx art and history Taína Caragol, and historian Mindy Farmer, the conversation will also examine Lehrer’s method for creating Obejas’ portrait and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Portrait Gallery strives to provide programs that are accessible to all visitors. If you have questions about the accessibility of this program or would like to request accommodations, please contact Vanessa Jones at jonesve@si.edu. Two weeks advance notice is appreciated for requesting additional accommodations.
The Smithsonian Institution is currently in a medium level regarding COVID-19 community levels in the DC/MD/VA region. While masks are not required for general visitors, the National Portrait Gallery, as part of the Smithsonian, is a mask friendly environment. While in medium COVID community levels, the Smithsonian encourages visitors two years of age and older to wear a face mask while participating in public programs.
Free–Registration is encouraged but walk-ins are accepted. Seating is first come, first-served.

Outdoor Film Screening: Can You Dig This?
2022-06-17 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Phoenix) | Utah Film Center, Liberty Park, 600 East 900 South , Salt Lake City, UT, 84105, United States
When one thinks of South Los Angeles, what comes to mind is gangs, drugs, liquor stores, abandoned buildings and vacant lots. The last thing that you would expect to find is a beautiful garden sprouting up through the concrete, coloring the urban landscape. As part of an urban gardening movement taking root in South LA, people are planting to transform their neighborhoods and are changing their own lives in the process. Calling for people to put down their guns and pick up their shovels, these “gangster gardeners” are creating an oasis in the middle of one of the most notoriously dangerous places in America.
Can You Dig This follows the inspirational journeys of four unlikely gardeners, discovering what happens when they put their hands in the soil. This is not a story of science and economics. This is a story of the human spirit, inspiring people everywhere to pick up their shovels and “plant some shit.”

2022 Juneteenth Community Bike Ride
2022-06-18 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Chicago) | Missouri History Museum, 4206 Kennerly Ave, St. Louis, MO, 63113, United States
This Juneteenth, celebrate St. Louis’s Black artists, musicians and history with a bike ride featuring live music. Join Trailnet, 4 The Ville, and the Missouri Historical Society for a group bicycle ride with live performances from area musicians, with historians and storytellers sharing the city’s history.
This year our Juneteenth celebration is bigger and better with a post-event block party featuring live music and food trucks. Come for the ride and stay for the vibes.
This guided group bike ride takes place on city streets, at a slow pace for people of all comfort levels.

¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States
2022-06-18 09:00 - 10:00 (Pacific/Niue) | National Museum of the American Latino, 1300 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC, DC, 20560, United States
“¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States,” introduces visitors to critical concepts, moments and biographies that shine a light on the historical and cultural legacy of U.S. Latinos. This exhibition is presented by the National Museum of the American Latino in the Molina Family Latino Gallery at the National Museum of American History.

Ascendant: The Power of Descendant Communities to Shape Our Stories, Places and Future
2022-06-18 09:30 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Monticello, 1050 Monticello Loop, Charlottesville, VA, 22902, United States
Join us for multiple panel discussions with distinguished speakers from across the country, including descendants of Monticello’s enslaved community, artists, historians, musicians, authors, philanthropists, scholars, and activists.

Juneteenth Weekend Celebration, Philadelphia
2022-06-18 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Museum of the American Revolution, 101 S. Third St., Philadelphia, 19106, United States
Explore the continuing struggle for equality for all and join the Museum of the American Revolution to mark the anniversary of Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. The date commemorates the day in 1865 when the abolition of slavery reached the deepest parts of the former Confederacy in Texas.
Revolution Place
Onsite (lower level) | Daily, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The Museum’s family-friendly discovery center, Revolution Place, will be open daily to explore the Museum’s lively, diverse Old City neighborhood during the 1700s through hands-on exploration in four key recreated historical environments, including a military encampment, a tavern, a home, and an 18th-century meeting house. Don’t miss themed crafts and activities, including making your own Rhode Island Regiment cap.
Walking Tour: James Forten’s Philadelphia
Museum Neighborhood | Timing & Ticketing TBA
Join a Museum educator for a sneak preview of our James Forten’s Philadelphia walking tour, created for our upcoming special exhibition, Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia, opening in February 2023. Navigate the Museum neighborhood to visit sites important to Forten’s life and legacy, including the site of his family’s home near 4th and Lombard St.
10-Minute, In-Gallery Talk: Finding Freedom Tableau
Onsite | Daily
Enjoy a 10-minute pop-up talk at the Finding Freedom tableau to learn how “sometimes, freedom wore a red coat” as enslaved people of African descent sought freedom on both sides of the war. Plus, explore the stories of African American men and women in war-torn Virginia with the Finding Freedom online interactive feature, adapted from the Museum’s galleries.
Stories on Deck: Life at Sea
Onsite | Daily
All hands on deck on the Museum’s replica sloop! Join a Museum educator for a story about what life was like at sea during the Revolutionary War and learn more about the life of James Forten, a free Black Philadelphian who served on a privateer before becoming a successful businessman and stalwart abolitionist.
Discovery Cart: Black Soldiers of the Revolution
Onsite | Daily
Join a Museum educator to view and handle replica objects to learn more about the service of Black soldiers during the Revolutionary War. Plus, learn more about the Museum’s recently acquired archive featuring nearly 200 documents bearing the names of Black and Native American soldiers who served in the Continental Army.

Ongoing Liberation: Juneteenth in Philadelphia
2022-06-18 10:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | National Liberty Museum, 321 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 19106, United States
Join us for an all-ages celebration commemorating the end of slavery and the ongoing project of liberation. Artist Zsudayka Nzinga will lead tours of her installation “Afro-Diaspora,” featured in our exhibition This is My Home. The installation brings together a wide range of symbols and icons of Black history and culture. Kids and the young-at-heart are invited to a special comic book workshop celebrating real-life Black superheroes. Visit our Resource Center to learn about Black-owned businesses and Black-led organizations serving communities and creating cultural experiences throughout the city. Philadelphia’s own drumline Positive Movement will treat us to a special musical celebration to kick things off! Free with Museum Admission.

Guided Tour: African American Impact in Western Pennsylvania and Beyond
2022-06-18 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Senator John Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222, United States
Learn about the African American experience in Pittsburgh inside the award-winning From Slavery to Freedom exhibition with Samuel W Black, director of the African American Program at the History Center. Visitors must sign up for Guided Tours at the admissions desk prior to each tour. To book groups in advance or for questions, please contact Robert Stakeley at rostakeley@heinzhistorycenter.org or 412-454-6359.

Drayden African American Schoolhouse Open House for Juneteenth Weekend
2022-06-18 11:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | St. Mary’s County Museum Division, 18287 Cherryfield Road, Colton's Point, MD, 20630, United States
Visit one of the nation’s best-preserved one-room African American schoolhouses for Juneteenth Weekend. Check out the restored schoolhouse and learn about its rich history and importance to education in St. Mary’s County, Maryland. Staff will be available at the school during this time to answer any questions and provide information. 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Free admission.
