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SUMMARY:Black Populism in the New South: Post-Reconstruction Movement-Making
DESCRIPTION:1pm PT/ 4pm ET. Read more for zoom link. In the decade following the collapse of Reconstruction a new movement arose in the South comprising black farmers\, sharecroppers\, and agrarian workers—a Black Populist movement. Organized through the Colored Farmers Alliance\, among other black-led labor groups\, mutual aid associations\, and black churches—and then expressed through the People’s Party\, African Americans across the South created an independent political movement of their own which at times connected with an adjacent white Populist movement\, and at other times diverged sharply from it. In this lecture we will explore this history. Led by Dr. Omar Ali\, dean of Lloyd International Honors College\, University of North Carolina Greensboro.
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/black-populism-in-the-new-south-post-reconstruction-movement-making/
CATEGORIES:Conversations,Lectures & Books,Recording
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SUMMARY:Freedom-Makers: Maroons and the Underground Railroad
DESCRIPTION:This hybrid offering will be an in-person/virtual visit to the “Underground Railroad Tree” in the Guilford Woods of North Carolina. The 300-year-old Tulip Poplar tree is a living monument and witness to the freedom-seekers who were part of this eastern seaboard launching point of the Underground Railroad during the early 19th century. The great tree is located in a 350-acre forest in Greensboro\, N.C. We will walk through the woods\, share the history of the area\, read excerpts from primary source accounts (journals and runaway ads)\, look at material culture and discuss the oral history of runaway enslaved people (maroons)\, and explore the ways in which we–people and our living world–create community and connectivity underground\, overground\, everywhere. \nLed by historian Omar H. Ali from UNC Greensboro\, the offering is part of the “Let’s Learn!: The World as Classroom” initiative of Lloyd International Honors College at UNC Greensboro and the East Side Institute in New York\, in partnership with improvscience\, the African American & African Diaspora Studies Program at UNC Greensboro\, and the all-disciplinary honors society Phi Kappa Phi.
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/freedom-makers-maroons-and-the-underground-railroad/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Recording
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240623T130000
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SUMMARY:Unhiding History: A Florida Fort that Promised Freedom
DESCRIPTION:Did you know that a prosperous\, self-governing community of free Black people existed on American soil long before the Civil War? In 1814\, deep in the swamplands of Florida\, a diverse group of formerly enslaved Black people took over a British military fort\, built housing and farmland and lived truly free\, for a time… \nHow did the Fort get formed? What happened after its destruction? It’s an incredible tale that spans decades and involves a community fighting for their rights between three different Empires. \nMost importantly\, though\, why do so few of us know this story? \nIn this slide show presentation\, followed by a facilitated conversation\, we’ll share the rich history of the so-called ‘Negro Fort’ at Prospect Bluffs\, Florida – and then begin to wonder and imagine about the gaps in the historical record. The tale of the Fort opens up a rich and empowering space for ‘critical fabulation’ about histories that might have been and possibilities for new forms of racial justice and self-determination today. \nTheatre-maker Brian Mullin began researching the Fort several years ago on a Hearst Fellowship. Now based in London\, Brian is working with director Tian Brown-Sampson to use this little-known story as the basis for a new theatre piece. The residents of the Fort had strong connections to the British Empire and traveled from Florida across the Caribbean to claim their freedom. This summer\, Brian and Tian will be sharing the Fort’s history with Black British folks and exploring how their own activism today mirrors experiences from 200 years ago. \nJoin us to learn this story and share your own emotional and imaginative responses to it.
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/the-negro-fort-at-prospect-bluffs-florida/
CATEGORIES:Conversations,Recording
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240621T200000
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SUMMARY:Discovering and Sharing Our Untold Histories
DESCRIPTION:Our communities and families are repositories of history. This history is not usually written up textbooks. Often\, we don’t even share it with each other. Now that the teaching of Black History is under attack\, it is more important than ever that our untold histories are heard. \nThis story-telling gathering is an invitation to share how your communities have celebrated Juneteenth over the years and to introduce each other to the histories our parents or grandparents made in the Civil Rights Movement\, the Labor Movement\, the Peace Movement\, the Women’s and Gay Liberation Movements\, the Black Lives Matter movement and beyond.
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/discovering-and-sharing-our-untold-histories/
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