UPCOMING EVENTS
The Shaping of Black America Book Discussion (April Semi-Colon Club)
Saturday, April 27th at 10:30am
Link to reading discussed: CLICK HERE In the preface to this book, Lerone Bennett Jr. explains his intentions: "This is an essay towards a new understanding of the long and continuing attempts of Africans and African descendants to possess themselves and the new land....I have been interested here in the forces and events that made black America what it is today. And since black America was of central importance in the shaping of white America, I have dealt at some length with some of the forgotten pages of white and [Indigenous] history." "There is no final chapter. The final chapter is being written by men, women, and children who are groping for new directions in one of history's hard places." "In 1974, the Johnson Publishing Company commissioned White to produce the cover image and chapter-opening illustrations for Lerone Bennett Jr.'s landmark publication The Shaping of Black America (1975). This project was a summary of White's steadfast commitment to communicating with the public about the matters that most concerned him: the legacies of racism and oppression, the nobility and aspirations of ordinary people, the heroes who fought for freedom and equality, and the accomplishments of Black Americans." (text from Charles White: A Little Higher exhibit, Cincinnati Art Museum, Nov 2023- Feb 2024) |
About the Discussion Facilitators:
- Anne Buening is Secretary of the Board of the Friends of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House. She is also Curatorial Assistant at the Cincinnati Art Museum.
- Kareem Simpson is the Duncanson Program Manager at the Taft Museum of Art. He is also an author, artist, veteran, community enthusiast, and creative.
Knowing Him by Heart: 150 Years of African American Writings on Abraham Lincoln with Dr. Matthew Norman
Sunday, April 28th at 4:30 pm
Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary McLeod Bethune, Thurgood Marshall, Malcolm X, Gwendolyn Brooks, Barbara Jeanne Fields, Barack Obama, and dozens of others. The selections move from speeches to letters to book excerpts, mapping the changing contours of the bond--emotional and intellectual--between Lincoln and Black Americans over the span of one hundred and fifty years. A comprehensive and valuable reader, Knowing Him by Heart examines Lincoln’s still-evolving place in Black American thought. Free parking is available in the church lot. |
Walking Tour: Abolitionists and African Americans in Walnut Hills
Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 10am
This walk will last just under 2 hours. Rain date is the following day (Sunday) at 1pm. |
Walking Tour: African American History Along the Cincinnati Riverfront
Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 10am
Starts at the John Augustus Roebling Statue on the Covington, KY side of the Roebling Bridge and ends in Smale Park on the Cincinnati, OH side of the Roebling Bridge. This walk will last just under 2 hours. Rain date is the following day (Sunday) at 1pm. |
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