Posts Tagged ‘Black history’
Black History in Action’s Spring Event Series
BHAC’s spring event series is here! Don’t miss events in April and May at St. Augustine’s African Orthodox Church at 137 Allston Street. History Cambridge is pleased to be a co-sponsor of these events. Sunday, April 21 from 4-6 pm Black Cambridgeport to the Future Exhibition Opening Explore the vibrant living history of Cambridgeport’s Black community…
Read MoreIf you have a New Year’s resolution to research local history, History Cambridge can be of help
Whatever your interest or motivation about the past, History Cambridge can help you find the resources to conduct your own local history research.
Read MoreReclaiming William Wells Brown, an abolitionist, lecturer, author and doctor with Cambridge ties
Abolitionist William Wells Brown traveled in the 1800s in support of an immediate end to enslavement and for equal rights for Black Americans brought him around the country, across the Atlantic and ultimately to Cambridge.
Read MoreSat, August 19 Guided Tour: Community Resiliency and Activism in Cambridgeport Option 2
On August 15 and 19, History Cambridge intern Miranda Santiago led two sessions of a tour she created on Community Resiliency and Activism in Cambridgeport. Born and raised in Cambridge, Miranda is now a student at New York University, but her experiences growing up in Cambridge – in particular the time she has spent in…
Read MoreTues, August 15 Guided Tour: Community Resiliency and Activism in Cambridgeport Option 1
Join History Cambridge and Miranda Santiago for a tour of Cambridgeport on August 15th or 19th.
Read More‘Reading Frederick Douglass Together’ events mark the Fourth poignantly and powerfully
Public readings of “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” have become increasingly widespread and popular as an American celebration of how far we have come and contemplation of how much we have left to do.
Read MoreGrowing up in Cambridgeport from the 1930s into the 1950s with Patricia Ann Smith Lucas
Ann Lucas grew up on the eastern edge of Cambridgeport surrounded by members of her extended family after her grandparents arrived from North Carolina during the Great Migration of African Americans from the Southern states.
Read MoreBottle trees are sprouting up in new locations, continuing to honor the enslaved in Cambridge
If you travel regularly along Brattle Street west of Harvard Square, you may have asked yourself in recent weeks, “Where are the blue bottle trees?”
Read MoreMay 18 Event Recap: Good Gumbo: A History Cambridge Fundraiser with Chef Renee McLeod
On May 18th History Cambridge board member Renee McLeod led another cooking demonstration exploring gumbo, a traditional Southern dish.
Read MoreArt installation ‘Forgotten Souls of Tory Row’ coming down, presence of enslaved remains
Visitors are welcomed to the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House for the final week of “Forgotten Souls,” to be removed April 7 as its installation comes to a close.
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