Chat with 2022 National Parks Conservation Association’s Centennial Leader Awardees Sylvia Cyrus and Audrey Peterman
Virtual via ZoomSylvia Cyrus and Audrey Peterman were awardees of the National Parks Conservation Association’s Centennial Leader Award in 2022 and will be interviewed Saturday, February 11, 2023 @ 10 a.m. to 12 noon EST. There will be a Q&A after the first 45 minutes of the zoom meeting where questions can be posted in the Zoom chat […]
National Capital Parks-East Black History Month 2023 Event: Frederick Douglass Birthday Celebration
Capital Turnaround 770 M Street, SE, WashingtonThis annual program to celebrate Frederick Douglass includes music by the Jubilee Voices of the Washington Revels, performances by the student winners of the Douglass Oratorical Contest and a light-hearted debate style program that asks the question “What place did Frederick Douglass call home?”
The American Colonization Society: Back to Africa vs American Inclusion and the Struggle Over Identity
Seward Park Library 192 East Broadway, New YorkFormed in 1816 during a time of racial unrest, the American Colonization Society, with support from some Supreme Court justices, members of Congress, and U.S. presidents such as Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, believed that freed enslaved people could not integrate into American society, and thus ought to seek their destiny in Liberia.
ASALH Rochester Branch Black History Month Event: A Moderated Discussion with the Honorable Malik D. Evans, Mayor of Rochester, New York
Virtual via ZoomThe honorable Mayor Malik Evans will join ASALH Rochester to discuss the importance of learning Black History and the legacy of his father, the late great Minister Lawrance Lee Evans Sr. who was a true foot soldier for equality and justice.