African-American Calendar
Events for September, 2010
Exhibits: "Diluted Loss" and "An Officer and a Gentleman"
Friday June 4, 2010 - Saturday September 18, 2010
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia
00 Clay Street map it
Richmond, VA 23219On view through September 18, 2010: "Diluted Loss" by Keith Ramsey, on the untold story of African American soldiers' experience in WW II. Also on view: "An Officer and a Gentleman: Selections from the Colonel Charles Young Collection of the Black History Museum." Sponsorship provided by The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Upsilon Nu Chapter. Director's gallery talk, Saturday, July 10, 2010, 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.:"Big Hugs and a Thousand Kisses: The Letters from Charles and Ada Young's Children" Free with museum admission. Adults: $5, seniors $4, students/teachers $4, children 12 and under $3. Free to Museum members. Call 804-780-9093 or go to http://www.blackhistorymuseum.org/index.html
Celebrating Community: The Legacy Museum's First Ten Years
Sunday June 27, 2010 - Friday June 3, 2011
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Legacy Museum
403 Monroe Street map it
Lynchburg, VA 24505The Legacy Museum will celebrate community collectors who have helped to preserve Lynchburg's African American history, in keeping with its mission to "collect, preserve and store historical artifacts, documents and memorabilia relating to significant contributions of the African American community in Lynchburg and its environs." Opening reception June 27, 2-4 p.m. Admission $5/adults, $3/seniors, $2/ children; under 6 free. Visit http://www.legacymuseum.org/ or call 434- 845-3455.
Friday September 3, 2010 - Tuesday October 19, 2010
multiple locations in Winchester
Winchester, VA 22604To Kill A Mockingbird is this year's theme for the Handley Regional Library's One Book One Community series of public programming in the Winchester area. From a free screening of the film at Grace Lutheran Church on Sept. 18, multiple panel discussions, web chats and dramatic readings, to an appearance by actress Mary Badham--aka Scout--on Oct. 19 at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the series offers opportunities for all to interact with the lessons of this classic Southern story. For more information, call 540-662-9041 or visit www.hrl.lib.state.va.us
"Gateway to Freedom" at Aquia Landing
Saturday September 4, 2010
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
2846 Brooke Road
Stafford, VA 22554Family-friendly activities at the former steamboat wharf and RF&P Railroad terminus at Aquia Landing, part of the Underground Railroad, will feature the unveiling of historic marker exhibits, storytelling, music and refreshments to commemorate the site where domestic slaves arrived but later became a gateway to freedom for fugitive slaves such as Henry "Box" Brown. For more information see www.TourStaffordVA.com
Sunday September 5, 2010
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Valentine Richmond History Center
1015 East Clay Street map it
Richmond, VA 23219Known as the “birthplace of Black Capitalism,” Jackson Ward is rich in African American history and culture and boasts the largest collection of pre-Civil War homes in the city. Tour includes the Maggie L. Walker Historic Site, the A.D. Price Funeral Home and the Dill House. Meet your guide at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center, 00 Clay Street, between 1st and Adams. Tickets are $10 ($5 for History Center members). Children welcome. For more information, call 804-649-0711, email tours@richmondhistorycenter.com, or visit richmondhistorycenter.com/tours.asp
Film screening: "Taking Root: the Vision of Wangari Maathai"
Saturday September 11, 2010
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Alexandria Black History Museum
902 Wythe Street map it
Alexandria, VA 22314Planting trees for fuel, shade, and food is not something that anyone would imagine as the first step toward winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Yet with that simple act, Wangari Maathai, a woman born in rural Kenya, started down the path that reclaimed her country's land from 100 years of deforestation, provided new sources of food and income to rural communities, gave previously impoverished and powerless women a vital political role in their country, and ultimately helped to bring down Kenya's 24-year dictatorship. "Taking Root" tells the dramatic story of the woman whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement for which this charismatic woman became an iconic inspiration.(54 min.) Admission is free. For more information, call 703-746-4356, email black.history@alexandriava.org or visit www.AlexBlackHistory.org
Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Showcase
Sunday September 12, 2010
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
145 Ednam Drive map it
Charlottesville, VA 22903The Virginia Folklife Program hosts its annual Apprenticeship Showcase with musicians and folklife practitioners from around the state. Enjoy live music and jam sessions, craft demonstrations, traditional foods and more, under the tent, rain or shine. Admission is free for this family-friendly event. For more information, call 434-924-7202 or go to http://virginiafolklife.org/
Book Signing: Miss Sue Lucky's Fishin' Secrets
Sunday September 12, 2010
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Borders Books and Music
11054 Lee Highway map it
Fairfax, VA 22030Virginia author Eric Jerome Brown will be available to sign copies and discuss his new novel, Miss Sue Lucky's Fishin' Secrets. A story of refreshing humor and remarkable wisdom characterize this delightful coming-of-age folktale set in Oak Park, Virginia. Lively Miss Sue Lucky is one of the town's most outspoken residents and her witty observations on everything from courtship, marriage, religion, class, and personal authenticity hand down both laughs and life lessons. When Miss Sue Lucky teaches Ruby Gray about love and life through fishing, Ruby learns the greatest secret of all of Miss Sue Lucky's Fishin' Secrets-- the secret of her own worth. Eric Jerome Brown can be reached at threecircleproductions@yahoo.com.
Thursday September 23, 2010
Hollins University
7916 Williamson Road map it
Roanoke, VA 24019
Moten is a poet, literary and social critic, and the author of "Arkansas, "Poems" (with Jim Behrle), "In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition," "I ran from it but was still in it," "Hughson's Tavern," and "B Jenkins," which is named after the poet's mother, who passed away in 2000. He is associate professor of English at Duke University.
Conference: "Race, Slavery and the Civil War: The Tough Stuff of American History and Memory&am
Friday September 24, 2010
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Norfolk State University
L. Douglas Wilder Performing Arts Center, 700 Park Ave. map it
Norfolk, VA 23504Noted historians will gather to discuss various aspects of race, slavery, and the Civil War. The conference will be chaired by acclaimed historian Dr. James O. Horton. Topics include: Slavery, Freedom, and the Union Navy--James McPherson, Princeton University; John Washington: How, When, Where and Why Emancipation Happened--David Blight, Yale University; The Role of the Underground Railroad as a Cause of the Civil War-- Spencer Crew, George Mason University; The Myth of Black Confederates--Bruce Levine, University of Illinois; The Quest for Black Rights in the Midst of War--Edna Medford, Howard University; African American Soldiers and the Struggle for Equality--Ira Berlin, University of Maryland; Addressing the Causes of the Civil War in Public History--Dwight Pitcaithley, New Mexico State University,Chief Historian Emeritus, National Park Service; The Image of the Emancipation Proclamation in Art and Memory--Harold Holzer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Harriet Jacobs in the Refugee Camps--Jean Fagan Yellin, Pace University; Waterways to Freedom: The Underground Railroad in Hampton Roads--Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Norfolk State University. Each Signature Conference sponsored by the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission is free to the public; however, seating is limited, so register today. Go to http://www.virginiacivilwar.org/2010conference.php or call 804-786-3591; email info@virginiacivilwar.org
