FREE: Film Screening – “My Slave Sister Myself”

Lest We Forget Productions

Presents

“My Slave Sister Myself”

The next FREE film screening of My Slave Sister Myself will be held:

Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Location: Church of the Advocate, 1801 Diamond St. Philadelphia, PA (215) 236-5848

Time: 6:30 P.M.

OVERVIEW: A documentary film and music video about how the Trans-Atlantic slave trade effected enslaved African females and correlates them with feelings deeply embedded in the souls of today’s African American women. The comparisons are compelling! It also reveals how slavery shaped perceptions of African American manhood. My Slave Sister Myself is a unique, thought-provoking film that uncovers a myriad of issues born in slavery, and continue to plague African Americans today. This informative 55 minute DVD sheds light on a dark and tragic period in American history. Come see this compelling film and join in the stimulating discussion that follows. FREE Screening Open To The Public!

DVD COST: $25.00 (Cash, Check or Charge Card)

CLICK her to see the movie trailer (more…)

Add comment September 27, 2009

Anna Julia Cooper Commemorative Stamp Released

Anna Julia Cooper, who was born just before the start of the Civil War and lived more than 100 years, long enough to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech; was an educator, scholar, activist and feminist, and was perhaps best known for her collection of essays and speeches, “A Voice from the South by a Woman of the South,” published in 1892.

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EVENT: African Hair Styles, Culture & Consciousness

A Nationally touring exhibit of rare & traditional African sculpture demonstrating the significance of African Hair Styles as Symbols of Culture & Consciousness

Continue Reading Add comment August 11, 2009

American Reminiscences of the Caribbean: 1937-1948

We welcome your advice/assistance with regards inviting American contributions to our latest research.  We are currently seeking American contributions to add to reminiscences of the Caribbean 1937-1948. The initial objectives for the material we are gathering are a book and online resource for schools and colleges.  We have researched archive sources to provide us with a strong understanding of this history.

We welcome any advice or assistance in helping us to contact US veterans who served in the Caribbean, such as the ‘Dixie Division’ and the African American 99th anti-aircraft Artillery. Contributions to date have come from all perspectives – servicemen, wartime civilians (Aruba, Barbados, Curacao, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trinidad) , U-Boat Officers, merchant sailors….

Our search for reminiscences is all about providing Educators and Learners with as broad and diverse a perspective as possible: We want to gain an impression of the war at sea, we are also gathering memories of the West Indies as bases of operations; what impressions their civilian populations made; how the islands provided for torpedoed merchant seamen; memories of shore-leave…

We look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Best wishes,
Tony T
 
Rebecca Goldstone
Sweet Patootee Ltd
28c Loraine Road
London N7 6EZ
UK
T/F: 01144 207 686 5101
W: www.sweetpatootee.co.uk

Add comment July 29, 2009

Why retracing our African roots is so difficult

One of the most difficult challenges in African American genealogy is to positively identify the last slave owner. This is essential for researching the slavery period. Unfortunately most researchers assume they are looking for an owner with the same surname as their ancestor. That led me astray for 20 years. It was only after I realized the name was probably different that I finally located the right person.

Continue Reading Add comment July 19, 2009

Pa. house where Washington stayed in 1790s reopens

A house where George Washington stayed to escape a yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia in 1793 and to get away from city heat in the summer of 1794 is reopening to the public this weekend. Since closing in February 2008, the Germantown White House (formerly known as the Deshler-Morris House) has undergone substantial renovation and the installation of new exhibits designed to teach visitors about Washington’s household, including four enslaved Africans. The newly updated and refurbished Germantown White House, part of Independence National Historical Park, officially reopens.

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African Studies Scholar Dies

Author of Africa RememberedAfrican Studies Scholar Dies Philip D. Curtin, a leading but controversial scholar on the African slave trade, who is credited with pumping new life into African studies, has died. He was 87. Curtin, a MacArthur Foundation recipient and fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, passed away June 4 of pneumonia at Chester County Hospital in West Chester, Pa. In addition to publishing more than a dozen books and helping found the Department of African Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin, Curtin sparked a firestorm with his research that questioned the importance of Goree Island, Senegal, which has become a major tourist draw as the “door of no return” where millions of Africans were shipped out as slaves. (more…)

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Fayette Pinkey of the Philadelphia Girl Group Passes

The Three DegreesFayette Pinkney (January 10, 1948 - June 27, 2009) was an African American singer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was one  of the original members of the female soul group, The Three Degrees. (more…)

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FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS: The Tennessee Conference of Historians

The Tennessee Conference of Historians will meet on the campus of Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee, on 25-26 September 2009.

The keynote speaker will be Dr. Mark M. Smith, the Carolina Distinguished Professor of History at the University of South Carolina.

The Program Committee of the 2009 Tennessee Conference of Historians welcomes proposals on any subject from scholars within or outside of Tennessee. The deadline for paper and panel proposals is 3 July 2009.

Paper proposals should consist of a one-page abstract of the presentation topic and a curriculum vitae. Panel proposals should include a one-page abstract summarizing the panel’s theme, a one-page abstract of each participant’s presentation topic, and a curriculum vitae for each participant.

Please mail proposals to:

Dr. Mark R. Cheathem
Department of History
Cumberland University
One Cumberland Square
Lebanon, TN 37087
mcheathem@cumberland.edu
 615-547-1341 

For further information, consult the conference website http://www.cumberland.edu/tch, or contact Dr. Cheathem.

Add comment June 26, 2009

Job Opportunity: Historian

The Department of the Interior of the National Park Service has job vacancy for a Historian.

JOB SUMMARY: Experience your America and build a fulfilling career by joining the National Park Service. Become a part of our mission to unite our past, our cultures and our special places, to establish important connections to the present and build a rich and lasting legacy for future generations.

In 1991, the remains of more than 400 17th and 18th century Africans were discovered during pre-construction work a Federal building in New York City.  The finding deeply impacted the descendant and broader community and, at the same time, renewed awareness in cultural significance and historic preservation.  President George W. Bush designated the African Burial Ground a national monument in February, 2006.

For more information, click here: http://jobview.usajobs.gov/getjob.aspx?JobID=81617987&q=historian&vw=b&re=0&FedEmp=N&FedPub=Y&caller=default.aspx&pg=1&cnme=new+york&rad=20&rad_units=miles&rfn=1&AVSDM=2009-06-22+00:03:00&rc=3&TabNum=1

Add comment June 26, 2009

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