Celebrating AFRICAN-american history virtual Programs
Mandela: Let Freedom Reign
Book Talk: Barry Farm-Hilldale in Anacostia: A Historic African American Community
African American Suffrage Movement: Fighting Against All Sides
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February 6, 7:00PM
A one-man show on the life of South African President Nelson Mandela. Starring Darryl Van Leer, the production covers the early life of the activist and political legend leading up to his equal rights struggle against apartheid. It also is set to feature the actor delivering Mandela’s powerful “I Am Prepared to Die” statement, which he gave before being sentenced to life in prison.
Info: Mandela
African American Suffrage Movement: Fighting Against All Sides
Book Talk: Barry Farm-Hilldale in Anacostia: A Historic African American Community
African American Suffrage Movement: Fighting Against All Sides
February 9, 6:00 - 7:00PM.
From the Detroit Public Library. How African American women, and some men, fought for the right of women to vote in the United States. To Register: https://dpl-african-american-suffrage.eventbrite.com
Book Talk: Barry Farm-Hilldale in Anacostia: A Historic African American Community
Book Talk: Barry Farm-Hilldale in Anacostia: A Historic African American Community
Book Talk: Barry Farm-Hilldale in Anacostia: A Historic African American Community
February 8, 6:30 - 7:30PM
Barry Farm-Hillsdale was created under the auspices of the Freedmen's Bureau in 1867, in what was then, the outskirts of the nation's capital. Join curator and historian, Alcione M. Amos and she discusses her newly released book “Barry Farm-Hillsdale in Anacostia: A History African American Community.”
To register: REGISTER
The Bonds of Family and Legacy
African Americans in STEM Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon
Book Talk: Barry Farm-Hilldale in Anacostia: A Historic African American Community
Thursday, February 11, 2021
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
From the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, this program will explore the Black family, a topic of study in many disciplines, including history, literature, the visual arts, social policy, and the culture of the culinary arts.
Register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eep1MQgtS5Su8wUYuPbCoQ
Florence Price
African Americans in STEM Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon
African Americans in STEM Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon
Florence Beatrice Price was an African-American classical composer, pianist, organist and music teacher. Price is noted as the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer, and the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra. Learn more: http://www.florenceprice.org/new-page-1
Listen to her Symphony in E minor
African Americans in STEM Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon
African Americans in STEM Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon
African Americans in STEM Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon
February 21, 12:00 - 3:00PM
Join the National Museum of African American History and Culture and blackcomputeher.org as we celebrate National Engineering Week and Women’s History Month with the African Americans in STEM Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon. Participants will create and edit Wikipedia pages for African American STEM professionals highlighting the impacts on their communities, nation, and the world.
To register: REGISTER
