Insight of "Mis-education of the Negro" by Carter G, Woodson. Insight on Education, Literacy, Identity, Family, Labor and More.
Event Detail: "Facilitate Virtual Book Study on The Mis-Education of the Negro to foster insights into the politics of education, literacy, labor, family, identity, and culture while cultivating discussions to determine how these historical insights apply to Black life in the 21st.
Participating in non-political discussions with these women of color descended from men who fought in the Revolutionary War that have proven their lineage through membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). Attendees will have the opportunity to ask the Daughters questions about family backgrounds and lineage, motherhood, careers, and genealogy research.
The Manhattan Branch will host a movie viewing of films, "The Imitation of Life" and "Pinky" and hold a panel discussion to explore the impact of the films during the 1950s.
Alonna Carter, historian for the Dr. Edna B. McKenzie Branch will give a presentation on her meticulous genealogical research on Black families involved in the Second Middle Passage, the interregional slave trade in America. The Second Middle Passage saw Virginia born African Americans being sold further south to Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi and Alabama […]
The first meeting of the year will include the presentation of the Charleston Area Branch 2020 Annual Report. We will begin our year-long programming on the 2021 Black history theme: The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity‚ with a roundtable discussion focusing on the City of Charleston‚ special commission on Equity, Inclusion and Racial Diversity. […]
Joyce Mosley, our Historian will be giving a presentation on Suffragist: African American Women Obtaining the Right to Vote. Marilyn Larke, Vice President of Programs will be introducing Ta-Nehisi Coates book The Water Dancer for our March meeting. If you haven’t read it, please do so. This book ties in with our theme this year […]
Nationwide COVID-19 Memorial: On Tuesday, January 19th, the PIC will host a memorial to remember and honor the lives lost to COVID-19 as part of inaugural activities.
Inauguration: On Wednesday, January 20, the 59th Inaugural Ceremonies will begin broadcasting at 10:00 AM ET. At noon, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and Kamala D. Harris will be sworn in as President and Vice President of the United States on the West front of the U.S. Capitol. Pass In Review: After the official swearing-in ceremony […]
Monthly Meeting - Kids More Sugar with Elaine Sugar & Continuing Review Mis Education of the Negro with Khamil Ojoyo Continuation of discussion of the Mis Education of the Negro by Dr. Carter G. Woodson - Chapters 5-9 with Khamil Ojoyo. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83718396612?pwd=YTJvbXVHdzhKbk5SOXpqKzBrZmp2UT09
The daughter of Icabod Flewellyn - Barbara Flewellyn will discuss his career from a newly published biography. On Mr. Flewellyn who established the first stand-alone museum for the history of Black people, in Cleveland, Ohio in 1953. This is the story of Flewellyn's struggle to provide knowledge to Blacks of their own history and to […]
In the 60’s and 70’s, when many of us found it hard to move on from being Negroes, The Name Negro: Its Origin and Evil Use by Richard B. Moore helped us make the change quickly and permanently. Join W. Paul Coates this Sunday, January 24th, 2021, at 6 PM ET for a Special […]
Join W. Marvin Dulaney Branch DFW ASALH at the 22nd Annual LEGACIES Dallas Historical Conference! This years theme: Law & Disorder in Dallas Revisited This conference will be held virtually as well as video tours of various parts of the Old Red Courthouse to be shown between presentations. Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park […]
The 22nd Annual Legacies History Conference will be held virtually on January 30, 2021 from 9:00-12:30 p.m. Register to attend HERE
Please join us as we honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with the Black Student Union and the Cultural Center Collaborative for “A Dream of Kuponya/Kikeokàn: Black and Native American Healing,” a virtual celebration of Black and Native American heritage, on Sunday, January 31 from 6-8 pm. The event’s theme centers on the healing practices of both Black […]
