Posts Tagged ‘Black history’
‘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.
Read MoreThe War of 1812 sank trade in Cambridgeport, risking good livings at sea for Black residents
The military and diplomatic skirmishes of the early 19th century created greater opportunities for Black sailors, as shipowners and captains took any able-bodied men they could find, regardless of race.
Read MoreBlack History in Action for Cambridgeport’s revival of St. Augustine’s Church honors a lengthy legacy
As the Cambridgeport neighborhood grew and changed over decades and many Black residents were displaced, St. Augustine’s had a period of disrepair.
Read MoreRediscovering the Howard Industrial School: Freedom, Work, and Black Womanhood in Nineteenth-Century Cambridge
Above Image: An artist’s impression of a Freedmen’s Bureau Industrial School in 1866. (Image via House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College) By Beth Folsom, 2023 By the time of the Civil War, enslavement had been illegal under Massachusetts law for almost eight decades. But the end of formal enslavement for Black…
Read MoreCommunity walk for Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrates history of city visited by MLK himself
For the second year, Many Helping Hands 365 will join with community partners in leading a community walk to highlight the history and present of Cambridge’s Black and Brown community in The Coast, Riverside and Cambridgeport neighborhoods.
Read MoreHistory Cambridge looks back at 2022
As 2022 comes to a close, History Cambridge is looking back on a year filled with events and collaborations that have helped us to live into our mission to collect and share the stories of all Cantabrigians. Our theme for 2022 was “Who Are Cambridge Workers?” Many of our programs focused on the history of labor in the city, but we also held events and created partnerships in other areas of Cambridge history, including our temporary art installation honoring the lives of the enslaved people who lived and worked on Brattle Street.
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