Calendar of Events

The African Presence in Mexico

Organized by the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, this groundbreaking exhibition highlights Mexico’s third root, and investigates the complex relationship between African-Americans and Mexicans in the United States, and the African legacy in Mexico and the Americas. This exhibition serves as a catalyst for a more positive dialogue between African Americans and Mexicans, and also offers Mexico the opportunity not only to reveal its African legacy but also to actively embrace it as an important element in Mexico’s cultural heritage.

Exhibit open June 25, 2008-October   25, 2008.

Storytelling in Pink and Green

Literacy is an important part of the educational initiatives of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Storytelling is also a significant part of African American history and culture. Join members of the sorority as they spend the day reading stories to our youngest visitors.
Free with Museum Admission

College Prep Series:

Facilitated by Marcella McCoy, Ph.D., these two-part workshop series targets families who are sending students away to college for the first time. From the viewpoint of a professor, Part I shares tips on how to achieve academic success in the first year as well as laying a firm foundation for networking with faculty for post graduation success. Part II focuses on families who are sending students away to college for the first time, and offers tips for surviving the first year on campus relating to issues outside of the classroom at different types of institutions, addressing social life, work and adapting to different cultural environments. 
Free with Museum Admission

Discovering James Forten

A collaboration with the Independence Seaport Museum to support their exhibition, Black Hands, Blue Seas, about the African American Maritime experience.  Living history interpreters will depict James Forten (notable African American sail maker, inventor, businessman and abolitionist) and other his contemporaries.
Free with Museum Admission

Africa for Africans Night

United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
Message for Africa, the Caribbean and the Americas
Speakers: Geoffrey Sithole, African National Congress, Alston Meade, Jamaican Consul General and Stanley Straughter, Chair of the Mayor’s Commission on African and Caribbean Immigration Affairs.
Free Admission

Philadelphia Quest for Freedom: Live and Learn Weekend

Friday, August 15 ~ 6 p.m.
Lincoln in His Own Words discussion
The African American Museum in Philadelphia
701 Arch Street
(215) 574-0380

Join members of the book club at the African American Museum in Philadelphia for a discussion about Abraham Lincoln’s letters and speeches, as presented in the book Lincoln on Democracy, edited by Mario Cuomo and Harold Holzer.  Dr. LaTonya Thames-Taylor, Frederick Douglass scholar and history professor at West Chester University, will moderate the conversation.

Saturday, August 16 ~ 11 a.m.
Abraham Lincoln-Frederick Douglass living history program
Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church,
419 S. Richard Allen Avenue (S. 6th Street at Lombard Street)
www.motherbethel.org

COMMUNITY & EDUCATOR LECTURE SERIES

THE GREAT DEBATORS: Clash of the Titans
The Most Powerful Political Rivalries in Black History
Topic: 20th Century – Pan-African Nationalism vs. Pan-African Socialism: The Political Ideologies of the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey & Dr. W.E.B. DuBois
Free Admission