TRANSFORMING COMMUNITY ONE STORY AT A TIME… Black History Month Program “Pride and Prejudice” The live virtual show begins on Friday, February 26, 2021, at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom webinar If you’d like to attend this event please email [email protected] The Secret Society Of Twisted Storytellers® goes virtual during COVID-19! Join us for an evening of revealing, hilarious and healing stories. DR. OSSIAN SWEET STORY Thursday, February 25, 2021 3:00 pm Click here for the Online Video Daniel Baxter is a historian, storyteller and researcher of the Dr. Ossian Sweet story. He also is a historian of the Civil Rights movement in Detroit. Baxter’s parents bought the home in 1958, recounts the story of Ossian Sweet’s trial. “When that happened, it was a transference of authority from my dad to me,” Daniel Baxter said. “From that moment, at 10 years old, I became the official spokesperson for the Ossian Sweet House and I have had the opportunity to tell his story.” The house is now a museum, and it is not just for the legal community, but for the broader Detroit community. Children of all ages, as well as adults need to understand what happened here and how important this was. A GIFT OF LIFE: WHO'S WRITING YOUR STORY Wednesday, February 10, 2021 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm ONLINE Dr. Deborah Abbott CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Deborah A. Abbott, Ph.D. is a professional genealogist, specializing in African American research, manuscript collections and genealogy methodology. She serves as a Trustee on the Board of the Ohio Genealogical Society (OGS), a member of the Cuyahoga County Archives Advisory Board in Cleveland, and a member of the Board of Directors for the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS). Dr. Abbott, Ph.D. will discuss the importance of telling your own story and creating narratives for learning about stories of others. Dr. Deborah Abbott will show you how to unlock the secrets held by census reports, military records, birth certificates and death notices in this hands-on workshop. Unravel your history with professional results using the free Library Edition of ancestry.com and other resources, how to use clues when searching vital records and how to links in family history through documents. ALL ABOARD: TRAVELING THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TO MIDNIGHT Wednesday, February 3, 2021, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ONLINE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Dr. Carolyn Carter Dr. Carter is a genealogist, researcher and historian of the Underground Railroad in Detroit and Michigan. Detroit was one of the most exciting stops on the Underground Railroad, because it was generally the final stop before achieving freedom. The Underground Railroad was a secret network supported financially, spiritually, and with resources for freedom seekers. Learn the stories of the many abolitionist who assisted freedom seekers in Detroit code-named Midnight, escape to Canada code-name Dawn. There are many stories of escapes to and from Detroit, because This diverse group of men and women some famous but many were not, took great risk in aiding freedom seekers. They had the means, the wealth and the nerve to defy the law in the name of freedom. BlackBlack HistoryHistory MonthMonth VirtualVirtual LearningLearning ExperiencesExperiences TAKE AN INTERACTIVE TOUR OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE This interactive program highlights these features, as well as many other aspects of the museum that visitors will encounter in their experience. Important features about the building are highlighted in blue while some of the signature artifacts are highlighted in orange. Visit - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/national-museum-african-american-his- tory-and-culture-interactive-museum-tour/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ “PORTRAITS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS,” NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, WASHINGTON, D.C. From former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama to poet Langston Hughes to entrepreneur Madam C. J. Walker, the National Portrait Gallery's comprehensive exhibit, "Portraits of African Americans," serves as a who’s-who of both well-known and lesser-known history makers. Visit - https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/portraits-of-african-americans-national-portrait- gallery/xQJisgUMzpY9Lw?hl=en ____________________________________________________________________________________ NATURAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY - ONLINE EXPERIENCE Empowering people to create a just and compassionate future by exploring, preserving, and sharing the complexity of our past. The National Museum of American History is home to more than 1.8 million objects and more than three shelf-miles of archival collections. Visit - https://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/online ____________________________________________________________________________________ AAHSP PRESENTS TRACKS OF OUR TEARS - A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD SITES & PEOPLE OF PORTSMOUTH, VA Visit - https://www.blackhistoryportsmouth.org/AAHSP- VirtualFiles/PortsmouthVirtualTour/Slideshow/index.html ____________________________________________________________________________________ “CHEZ BALDWIN,” NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE, WASHINGTON, D.C While people may be familiar with his work, Baldwin's life outside the spotlight is lesser known. For “Chez Baldwin,” an online exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, viewers can become acquainted with the life he made for himself in the South of France. Visit - https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/chez-baldwin ____________________________________________________________________________________ “ROSA PARKS: IN HER OWN WORDS,” LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D.C. Refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, during the height of the Jim Crow era is how most people know Rosa Parks. But there’s more to this civil rights icon than a single courageous act. In “Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words,” an exhibition at the Library of Congress, viewers can find out more about the bus boycott that made news headlines while also learning about her upbringing on a farm in Alabama and her decision to move to Detroit to further the civil rights movement. Visit - https://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/rosa-parks-in-her-own-words/about-this-exhibition/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ “PHOTOS FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT,” HIGH MUSEUM OF ART, ATLANTA, GA The Civil Rights movement endured from 1954 to 1968, but the fight for racial equality still surges to this day, with organized marches continuing in cities and towns across the United States. Visit - https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/photos-from-the-civil-rights-movement/9wISPkiyouv-Lw ____________________________________________________________________________________ CNN INTERACTIVE - A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE HEART OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT Visit - http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1997/bhm/virtual.tour/index.html ____________________________________________________________________________________ MUSEM OFFERING BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROGRAMS - Suggested Listing DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS -Visit - https://www.dia.org/ THE WRIGHT MUSEUM - Visit - https://www.thewright.org/ THE MOTOWN MUSEUM - Visit - https://www.motownmuseum.org/ DETROIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM - Visit - https://detroithistorical.org/ HENRY FORD MUSEUM - Visit - https://www.thehenryford.org/ SUGGESTED BOOKS TO READ Alex Haley - Malcolm X Anne C. Bailey - The Weeping Time Barack Obama - Audacity of Hope Carter G. Woodson - The Mis-Education of the Negro Frederick Douglas - An American Slave Isabel Wilkerson – Caste James Baldwin – Go Tell It On the Mountain Mandela – My Prisoner My Friend Martin Luther King, Jr. – Why We Can’t Wait Maya Angelou – I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Michelle Alexander – The New Jim Crow Michelle Obama - Becoming Richard Wright - Native Sun Ta-Nehisi Coates – Between The World and Me Toni Morrison - Beloved Trevor Noah – Born a Crime W.E.B. DuBois – The Souls of Black Folks Zora Neal Hurston – Their Eyes Were Watching God BOARD OF TRUSTEES Board of Trustees Mary Ellen Stempfle, Chairperson, District 1 Vernon C. Allen, Jr., Vice-Chairperson, District 3 Denise Wellons-Glover, Secretary, District 5 Sharon P. Scott, Treasurer, District 9 Asm Rahman, Member, District 2 Scott T. Holiday, Member, District 4 Marla J. Edwards-Wheeler, Member, District 6 Dr. Patrick M. Kelley, Member, District 7 Susan C. Steeby, Member, District 8 Dr. Curtis L. 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