A Bridge to the Past: Sangamon Historical Society
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Sangamon Experience, United States
The Sangamon County Historical Society (SCHS) was created in 1961 to preserve county history through publications, tours, donations, programs, and special projects. Join SCHS president Stephine Martin as she discusses the history of the SCHS, what the society is currently working on, and what you can discover at the Sangamon Valley Collection at Lincoln Library, Springfield’s Public Library.

Stephanie Martin is the President of the Sangamon County Historical Society and the Sangamon Valley Collection librarian at the Lincoln Library, Springfield’s Public Library.

At the end of the program there will be an opportunity to ask questions. This program will run on Sangamon Experience’s Facebook page and YouTube Channel.

Why Juneteenth? Remembrance and Reflection
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | UIS Center for Lincoln Studies, United States
Juneteenth also known as Freedom Day and Emancipation Day, is Friday, June 19, a holiday that is arguably as important to our nation as the Fourth of July, since it commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people of Texas, then the most remote region of the Confederacy, finally learned slavery had been abolished and that they were free.

The Center for Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois will be hosting a panel discussion that addresses the big questions:

What is Juneteenth? Why should we remember it? How was it celebrated in the past? How is it celebrated now?

Join us as we remember and reflect Juneteenth, in honor of one of the final acts of emancipation of slaves in the U.S.

After the program we will have a question and answer session with our panelists.

Panelists:Ken Page, President of the ACLU Illinois Springfield Chapter and former president of the Springfield NAACP chapterCherena Douglass, fundraising chair for the Faith Coalition for the Common Good.Dr. Tiffani Saunders, Instructor of Sociology and African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Springfield.

Kathryn Harris, first African American and first woman to serve as the President of the Abraham Lincoln Association and currently serves on the ALPLM Board.

June 17th, 12pm

The Surprising Stephen A. Douglas
2023-05-03 19:18 (Pacific/Niue) | UIS Center for Lincoln Studies, IL, United States
Join the UIS Center for Lincoln Studies for a special presentation and discussion on Abraham Lincoln’s political rival, Stephen A. Douglas. Reg Ankrom author of “Stephen A. Douglas: The Political Apprenticeship, 1833-1843” and “Stephen A. Douglas, Western Man: The Early Years in Congress, 1844-1850” will give a presentation and discusses surprising facts about Stephen A. Douglas with Dr. Graham Peck, Wepner Distinguished Professor of Lincoln Studies at UIS.

Stephen A. Douglas was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. He served as a senator, secretary of state, and an Illinois Supreme Court Justice. Most remember him as a political rival of Abraham Lincoln’s and one of two Democratic Party nominees for president in the 1860 presidential election, which was won by Republican Abraham Lincoln.

But who was Douglas without Abraham Lincoln? Discover more about Stephen A. Douglas at our program “The Surprising Stephen A. Douglas”

After the program we will have a question and answer session with Reg Ankrom and Dr. Graham Peck.

Black Smoke and the History of Barbecue with Adrian Miller
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Atlanta History Center, United States
Atlanta History Center and AMERICAN HERITAGE® Chocolate, are pleased to host an evening with Adrian Miller, aka The Soul Food Scholar, in celebration of Soul Food Month and the release of his most recent book, Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue.

Adrian will chronicle how Black barbecuers, pitmasters, and restaurateurs helped develop this cornerstone of American foodways and how they are coming into their own today. It’s a smoke-filled story of Black perseverance, culinary innovation, and entrepreneurship.

Though often pushed to the margins, African Americans have enriched a barbecue culture that has come to be embraced by all.

Adrian will celebrate and restore the faces and stories of the men and women who have influenced this American cuisine.

The event will be moderated by David Borghesani, Mars Wrigley Chocolate Historian. We hope you will join us!

Recipe Cards for Civic Conversation
2023-05-03 19:18 (Pacific/Niue) | The Family Dinner Project, United States
One way families can connect with the past and mark the Civic Season together begins with talking about historical events and concepts related to the celebration. Talking about the Civic Season can include discussions about Juneteenth and the Fourth of July, as well as the Bill of Rights, Civil Rights and Service to Others.

Start your family’s Civic Season with these conversation starters!

American Conversations Essay Contest
2023-05-03 19:18 (Pacific/Niue) | Founders’ Place Historical District, Inc., 529 N 14th St, Muskogee, OK, 74401, United States
American Conversations is an essay contest open to residents of Founders’ Place Historical District, Inc. between the ages of 17 – 29. This is our second year to participate in Civic Season and to offer the essay contest as a way to engage you people in expressing their ideas about our history and civic questions. This year’s topics are:
– According to Merle Haggard’s 1971 song Okie from Muskogee, “we still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse.” Is the flag as important a symbol in American life today as it was in generations past? How do your ideas about the flag differ from your parents’ or grandparents’ generation?
– How are you committed to making America, and in particular Muskogee, a better place? What things have you done to ensure the future of our city and country remains not just strong, but also just and equitable, supporting the ideals on which our country was founded?
– What does it mean to “be an American”? Should civics be taught in school again as a stand-alone class? It has been proposed that everyone pass a citizenship test to vote. Is this a good idea?
– Our neighborhood, Founders’ Place, was carved out of the allotment given to Chief Pleasant Porter under the Dawes Act. How do you see tribal sovereignty and the common public good coming together in Oklahoma or our country? How could we in Founders’ Place acknowledge the Native lands our homes are built on, or should we? Did any well-known Native Americans live in our neighborhood? How could they be honored?
– Is democracy more about individual rights and freedoms or the collective good? Should the rights of the individual supersede those of society? Is it possible to balance both, so that singular individual freedoms do not overpower the democracy of the whole? Give examples.
Prizes are given for the best essay submissions. The contest runs parallel with our neighborhood home decorating contest from Juneteenth to July 4th.

Sustaining Slavery: Mapping Kentucky's Support for the Domestic Slave Trade
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Filson Historical Society, United States
Utilize the interactive map to learn about the locations and operations of Ohio Valley businesses that fed, clothed, transported, and processed the products of plantations in Kentucky and down the Mississippi Valley. Reference the keyword and commodities indexes to search for terms connected to enslaved labor. Discover the research methods implemented and source material used throughout the project.
Explore this digital resource, which intends to provide a broader understanding of slavery, the commodification and exploitation of over four million Black enslaved people, and the legacy and implications of this institution on our world today.
Research and writing by: Dorian Cleveland, University of Kentucky; Georgia Coats, Smith College; and Patrick Lewis, Filson Historical Society

Women Changemakers You May Not Know
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, United States
An animated series highlighting women who organized their communities to make change. Their work improved healthcare, working conditions, government support, and literacy.

African American Genealogy Digitization Project
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Filson Historical Society, United States
Collections Assistant, Emma Johansen offers us details on the digitization work of the Sanders-Bullitt family papers. This grant project funded by the Kentucky Genealogical Society helps to create accessible records of enslaved individuals, which allows for ease in researching American Descendants of Slavery. Tune in to learn more!

THE SANDERS-BULLITT FAMILY PAPERS
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Filson Historical Society, United States
A reworking of the Bullitt family papers to highlight the people enslaved by the Bullitt family on the Oxmoor plantation and the Cottonwood plantation from the late eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. One of these families includes the Sanders family, headed by Eliza Sanders and her husband, Jim Sanders. While not all people enslaved by the Bullitt family were tied by blood to the Sanders family, the digitization and exhibition of these sources aim to recognize all of the people and families enslaved by the Bullitt family and bring academic attention to the complex community they fostered among each other while in bondage. This digital collection only represents a small, selective portion of the Bullitt Family Papers, and you can access the finding aid for the entire collection here: https://filsonhistorical.org/research-doc/bullittfamilyoxmoor-html/.

Women's Suffrage: The Movement in Louisville
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Filson Historical Society, United States
Only 100 years ago, in 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, granting women the right to vote in the United States.
The fight for ratification was long and difficult for suffragists across the country, but it wasn’t just a battle of national organizations and well-known leaders. Suffrage was gained through the hard work of women from every community and every walk of life. Suffragists were not all wealthy or influential, but they were all determined to make their voices heard. The long-term results of their struggle are clear a century later: their efforts led to a breakdown of barriers that once barred women from realizing their potential as politicians, professionals, leaders, and human beings.
This exhibit shares items from the Filson’s collections that document the suffrage movement in Louisville.

Theodore Roosevelt's Children
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | America250, United States
Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States, from 1901 to 1909. Here you can read about his six children, their lives at the White House and beyond. Find out which of his children served in World War I, in World War II, and which one was not afraid to adamantly disagree with their father.
America250 is a multi-year effort to commemorate the semiquincentennial, or 250th anniversary, of the United States. The purpose of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, created by Congress, and the corresponding America250 Foundation, is to catalyze a more perfect union by designing and leading the most comprehensive and inclusive celebration in our country’s history. America250 represents a coalition of public and private partners all working to create initiatives and programs that honor our first 250 years and inspire Americans to imagine our next 250.

A Community Conversation: Beyond the 50 States
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | America250, United States
The United States is made up of 50 states, plus 6 territories/jurisdictions: Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Washington, DC. In this pre-recorded conversation, representatives from these places speak about their connection to the United States and the unique histories and diversity of these places. Panelists included Eduardo Arosemena-Munoz, Chairman, Institute of Puerto Rican Culture; Elliot L. Ferguson, President of Destination DC; Dr. Kimberlee Kihleng, Executive Director of Humanities Guahan; Leo Pangelinan, Executive Director of the Northern Marianas Humanities Council; and Verdel L. Petersen, Facilitator of the Capacity Building Project in the US Virgin Islands.
America250 is a multi-year effort to commemorate the semiquincentennial, or 250th anniversary, of the United States. The purpose of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, created by Congress, and the corresponding America250 Foundation, is to catalyze a more perfect union by designing and leading the most comprehensive and inclusive celebration in our country’s history. America250 represents a coalition of public and private partners all working to create initiatives and programs that honor our first 250 years and inspire Americans to imagine our next 250.

Fresh Talk: How Can The Arts Inspire Environmental Advocacy?
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | National Museum of Women in the Arts, United States
Women representing a range of environmental and arts-based organizations share their work and ask: “How Can The Arts Inspire Environmental Advocacy?” Presenters included: Amy Lipton, director/curator of ecoartspace, Miranda Massie, director of the Climate Museum, Jacqui Patterson, director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, and Laura Turner Seydel, chairperson of Captain Planet Foundation, featuring a video welcome by Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and current President of the Foundation/Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Mary Robinson Foundation for Climate Justice.

The Art of Citizenship Digital Resource
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Monticello, United States
“The Art of Citizenship” is a digital resource that explores the modern-day relevance of Thomas Jefferson’s ideas about the American experiment in self-government. Using videos, podcasts, photos, timelines, and quotes, this website illustrates the enduring challenges and opportunities faced by every generation of Americans and offers a springboard for discussion about civic engagement in a democratic society.

Civic Engagement in A Constitutional Democracy: Online Course
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University, United States
We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy
Gain a foundational knowledge of American constitutional democracy and understand how to encourage others to explore their own civic paths, while in parallel crafting your own civic voice and identity.

In 1868, Black suffrage was on the ballot
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, United States
Every election season in the United States revolves around a set of issues—health care, foreign affairs, the economy. In 1868, at the height of the Reconstruction, the pressing issue was Black male suffrage. When voters went to the polls that November, they were asked to decide if and how their nation’s democracy should change to include Black men, millions of whom were newly freed from slavery. It was up to voters to decide: should Black men be granted the right to vote?

Women at Work Digital Exhibit
2023-05-03 19:18 (Pacific/Niue) | Filson Historical Society, KY, United States
Women have been working side by side with each other and with men – fathers, brothers, partners, husbands, sons – throughout human existence. The theme “women at work” should therefore cover millennia. Being not so ambitious, this exhibit seeks to illuminate women’s professional roles in only a snippet of American history: the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

"Piney Points" Instagram Video Shorts Tell Maryland History
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | St. Mary’s County Museum Division, United States
Wanna know more fun and interesting things about the lighthouse and other things about Piney Point, Maryland, but don’t have a ton of time? We’ve introduced a new feature called “Piney Points” where you can learn new things in around 30 seconds each #video! We’ll be posting about once a week – stay tuned!

RECLAMATION
2023-05-03 19:18 (Pacific/Niue) | National Museum of Women in the Arts, DC, United States
The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) presents RECLAMATION: Recipes, Remedies, and Rituals, a new participatory exhibition featuring nine interdisciplinary artists. Conceived as a virtual experience that recontextualizes the traditional role of women in providing sustenance and healing, RECLAMATION also features content submitted by the public, interwoven with the artists’ work.
RECLAMATION is an evolving exhibition and ingredient archive that examines food as a creative medium for visual art and a connective tool for exploring intergenerational and intercultural experiences.
The exhibition centers around a kitchen table, the central domestic object for gatherings of family and friends. Nine artists will activate their own kitchen tables, sharing photographs, videos and stories about how they use this domestic object. These intimate glimpses into the artists’ homes simultaneously reveal a work of art and the process by which it is made.
Through a digital ingredient archive, developed in partnership with the Family Arts Museum and Ten-Fifteen Media, online visitors can participate in the exhibition by sharing recipes, anecdotes, photos and reflections related to food. Submissions will be layered with the artists’ work, creating a dynamic portal for exploring the interconnectedness of food and the communal nature of nourishing and curing the body. In this way, both artists and viewers will use those materials to honor women’s roles in the practices and traditions surrounding food.
The exhibition also features interviews and content from the Curative Collective, a group of partners that focus on food—from advocacy and social justice work, to healing and restorative self-care. These organizations help ensure that the exhibition reflects and serves their communities while sharing their arts and social change resources with NMWA’s audience. Examples of Curative Collective organizations are Black Magick Sisters, Dreaming Out Loud, Mutual Aid Apothecary, and STRŌB Apothecary, among others.

Becoming Weatherwise: A History of Climate Science in America Exhibit
2023-05-03 19:18 (Pacific/Niue) | American Philosophical Society Library & Museum, 104 S. 5th Street, Philosophical Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 19106, United States
“Becoming Weatherwise: A History of Climate Science in America” is an exhibition at the American Philosophical Society’s Museum. It explores the questions and methods that have driven the study of weather and climate in the Western world from the mid-eighteenth century through today. The exhibition highlights the importance of work by amateurs and professionals who have worked collaboratively to study weather and climate in the interest of agriculture, human health and comfort, military dominance, and simple curiosity. Celebrating both professional scientists and those who get involved in community science, “Becoming Weatherwise” promotes the scientific side of the Civic Season!

Can you name #5WomenArtists?
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave NW, 20005, United States
Can you name five women artists? Since 2016, the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) has been asking this question on social media each March during Women’s History Month. Using the hashtag #5WomenArtists, the campaign calls attention to the fact that women have not been treated equally in the art world, and today they remain dramatically underrepresented and undervalued in museums, galleries, and auction houses.
Learn more about these women artists in artist spotlights.
Image: Alma Woodsey Thomas, Iris, Tulips, Jonquils, and Crocuses, 1969; Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 50 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay; © Estate of Alma Woodsey Thomas; Photo by Lee Stalsworth

What Is Nikkei Food?
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Japanese American National Museum, 100 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
On February 26, 2022, Nikkei and others from around the world gathered virtually to explore what is “Nikkei food” and the role that it plays in Nikkei families and communities internationally. Japanese American writer, Gil Asakawa, emceed and moderated the program that included a presentation by Shigeru Kojima (researcher at the Japanese Overseas Migration Museum, Yokohama, Japan), facilitated small group discussions, and optional post-event discussions via Zoom. This recording includes the presentation and Q&A with Kojima and some break-out session reports. The program was presented in English with Spanish and Portuguese simultaneous translations to facilitate international participation, with over 180 participants from at least 13 countries.

Through Stanley's Eyes: Telling Stories of Heart Mountain
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Japanese American National Museum, 100 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, 90012, United States
How do we tell personal narratives in ways that highlight our community’s broader history and impact? On October 29, 2021, Dakota Russell (Executive Director, Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation), Clement Hanami (Art Director, Japanese American National Museum), and Judy Hayami discussed preserving family stories using innovative ways to share the voices of Heart Mountain, as well as other WWII incarceration sites, in to order to inspire, advocate, and educate. Then, writer Sharon Yamato, actor Kurt Kanazawa, and Nonny de la Peña (Emblematic Group) talked about the process of developing the immersive virtual reality experience of “A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami.”
This program was presented live at JANM’s Tateuchi Democracy Forum and also livestreamed as part of the JACSC 2021 Education Conference, Stronger Together: Voices to Inspire, Advocate, and Educate.

Setsuko's Secret: Transformational Stories
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Japanese American National Museum, 100 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, 90012, United States
Don’t miss an exciting new conversation about “Setsuko’s Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration.” On October 21, 2021, Author Shirley Ann Higuchi, J.D., chair of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, shared her painful transformational journey uncovering and writing about her family’s history and the Japanese American incarceration during World War II. Higuchi was joined by former child incarcerees, Sam Mihara and “Mr. Heart Mountain,” Bacon Sakatani who shared their own firsthand remembrances of the Heart Mountain incarceration site and how as adults, they came to terms with the reality that Heart Mountain was a US government prison. Doug Nelson, vice chair of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation and Dakota Russell, Executive Director, joined them for closing remarks on how these stories have inspired the current work of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation.

Discussion: Graphic Novel about Resisting Japanese American Imprisonment
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Japanese American National Museum, 100 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, 90012, United States
The new graphic novel, “We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration,” presents an original vision of America’s past with disturbing links to the American present. Through the distinct but interconnected stories of Jim Akutsu, Hiroshi Kashiwagi, and Mitsuye Endo, three Japanese Americans who resisted imprisonment in American concentration camps during WWII, We Hereby Refuse exposes the often untold stories of the camp experience.
On June 26, 2021, writers Frank Abe and Tamiko Nimura came together for a conversation and reading of their graphic novel. They were joined by artist Ross Ishikawa to talk about his process recreating Japanese American history with 3-D modeling and YURI Education Project creators who shared the free online resources that accompany the book. The conversation was moderated by Dr. Kelly Fong, Professor of Asian American Studies at UCLA.

History Film Forum: How the Monuments Came Down
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Smithsonian National Museum of American History, 1300 Constitution Ave, 20560, United States
How the Monuments Came Down is a timely and searing look at the history of white supremacy and Black resistance in Richmond, Virginia. The feature-length film — brought to life by history-makers, descendants, scholars, and activists — reveals how monuments to Confederate leaders stood for more than a century, and why they fell.
Following the screening, stay tuned for a dynamic discussion led by Modupe Labode, a curator at the National Museum of American History, with Hannah Ayers and Lance Warren, who directed, produced, and edited the film; Christy S. Coleman, Executive Director of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; and 2021 Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Michael Paul Williams of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

The History Film Forum: How it Feels to be Free
2023-05-03 19:18 UTC | Smithsonian National Museum of American History, 1300 Constitution Ave, 20560, United States
The History Film Forum is an online series from the Smithsonian that explores history on the screen and the evolution of film as public history.
The “American Masters”/PBS documentary examines how six iconic African American women entertainers—Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson, and Pam Grier—broke thorough and challenged an entertainment industry hell-bent on keeping them out, transforming both themselves and their audiences in the process.
Join the film’s director Yoruba Richen, executive director Lacey Schwartz Delgado, and Fath Davis Ruffins, curator of African American history and culture at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, in a live conversation and Q&A session that focuses on how the film was made and the story it tells.
Presented by Smithsonian Associate and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History through the generous support of Dan Manatt and Democracy Films.

Bound by Faith: The Bibles of Cleveland County
2023-05-03 19:18 (Pacific/Niue) | Kings Mountain Historical Museum, 100 East Mountain St., PO Box 552, Kings Mountain, NC, 28086, United States
EXHIBIT
Bound by Faith: The Bibles of Cleveland County
June 21-October 22, 2022
Tuesday-Saturday/ 10am-4pm
FREE ADMISSION
The Kings Mountain Historical Museum is proud to announce a new exhibit coming this summer. The exhibit was created in conjunction with The Dover Library’s University Archives at Gardner Webb University and The Earl Scruggs Center.
Bound by Faith: The Bibles of Cleveland County offers visitors a look at some of the Bibles that were owned by Cleveland County residents and some of the interesting ways in which they were used in the secular world of the 19th and 20th centuries. This exhibit features several Bibles which include The O. Max Gardner Inaugural Bible, The O.M. Mull Inaugural Bible, a 1648 Field Bible, and many others. In addition to this collection, we are pulling several Bibles, Hymnals, and other items from our own collections to add to the story.
Generous Support for Bound by Faith: The Bibles of Cleveland County provided by The O. Max Gardner Foundation.
Special thanks to the Gardner-Webb Visual Arts Department and The Earl Scruggs Center.

Celebrate Diversity Together at The Unity Center!
2023-05-03 19:18 (Pacific/Niue) | The California Museum, 1020 O Street, Sacramento, CA, 95814, United States
The Unity Center exhibit at the California Museum celebrates the state’s diverse people, customs and cultures.
Initiated in 1999 in response to a series of Northern California hate crimes, the Center’s interactive multimedia exhibits highlight leaders in the state’s rich civil rights history and encourage visitors to find common ground while embracing their own individuality.
Through advocacy tools and engaging educational programs, visitors are empowered to be Unity Activists, exercising their rights and standing up for the rights of others – regardless of belief, background, identity or gender.
