PAAH Conferences, Programs, & Exhibitions
april
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Fireside Chat with Amy Jane Cohen Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape: Deep Roots, Continuing Legacy Thursday, April 18, 2024 7:00 p.m. ET Virtual Event |
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Fireside Chat with Amy Jane Cohen
Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape:
Deep Roots, Continuing Legacy
Thursday, April 18, 2024
7:00 p.m. ET
Virtual Event | Free
Black Philadelphians have shaped the city’s history since colonial times. In Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape, Amy Cohen recounts notable aspects of the Black experience in Philadelphia from the late 1600s to the 1960s and how this history is marked in the city we see today. She charts Charles Blockson’s efforts to commemorate the Pennsylvania slave trade with a historical marker and highlights Richard Allen, who founded Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church. Cohen also describes the path to erecting a statue of civil rights activist Octavius Catto at Philadelphia’s City Hall and profiles international celebrities Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson, who are honored in the city. At the end of each chapter, she includes suggestions to continue readers’ exploration of this important cultural heritage. Showing how increased attention to the role of African Americans in local and national history has resulted in numerous, sometimes controversial, alterations to the landscape, Cohen guides readers to Black history’s significance and its connections with today’s spotlight on racial justice.
Sponsored by the Program in African American History
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(Thursday) 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
june
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Celebrate Juneteenth at the Library Company of Philadelphia Generations of Progress: A Juneteenth Celebration Exploring Frederick Douglass’s Legacy Friday, June 14th, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. ET
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Celebrate Juneteenth at the Library Company of Philadelphia
Generations of Progress: A Juneteenth Celebration Exploring Frederick Douglass’s Legacy
Friday, June 14th, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. ET
Hybrid Event | Free
The truth, lessons, and hope Frederick Douglass offered during his remarkable lifetime not only helped shape Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and the American Civil Rights movement, they can guide and inspire us in our own cultural moment. Born into slavery in 1818, Douglass escaped to New York City at the age of twenty, determined to tell his story and fight for the rights of all men and women to be free. His first autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Boston, 1845), remains one of the most influential books of modern times, as captivating and stirring now as it was when it was first published in 1845, with just as many lessons for how to navigate our society. This year’s Juneteenth celebration will feature Kevin Greene, the great-great-grandson of Frederick Douglass, discussing his legacy and the new edition of Douglass’s autobiography, featuring an introduction and archival images from Greene and other Douglass descendants. We hope you’ll join us for this journey through the life and impact of one of the most influential figures in U.S. history.
Sponsored by the Program in African-American History
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(Friday) 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm(GMT-04:00)
july
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Fireside Chat with Dr. Michael L. Dickinson Almost Dead: Slavery and Social Rebirth in the Black Urban Atlantic, 1680-1807 Thursday, July 18, 2024 7:00 PM ET
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Fireside Chat with Dr. Michael L. Dickinson
Almost Dead: Slavery and Social Rebirth in the Black Urban Atlantic, 1680-1807
Thursday, July 18, 2024
7:00 PM ET
Virtual Event | Free
From the late 17th century to the abolition of the slave trade in the Atlantic, Almost Dead (University of Georgia Press, 2022) is an account of the lives, sufferings, and resistances of thousands of enslaved people in the Black urban Atlantic, and how the survival of those captives led to the formation of unique and dynamic communities. Dr. Michael L. Dickinson explores a network of commercially linked cities to reveal commonalities, differences, and connections between urban communities of enslaved Black people across the Atlantic: both in the mainland United States and the Caribbean. As Dr. Dickinson reveals through the adoption of the perspectives of the enslaved, the similarities far outweighed the difference, and cities continued to be key sites for both Black subjugation and resilience. These similarities root themselves in the all-too-similar environments of oppression and a shared transnational need of enslaved Black people to resist social death and maintain their humanity.
Sponsored by the Program in African American History
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Time
(Thursday) 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm(GMT-04:00)