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Talking About Race Matters
February 10 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, repeating until March 10, 2021
This six-week series during Black History Month will discuss and tell the stories of New York’s Black history. Each week will be a different speaker touching on a unique New York Black experience followed by a Q&A.
Week 1, Wednesday February 3rd at 6pm:
Unearthing New York City’s Forgotten Past: Seneca Village the Life and Death of an African American and Irish Immigrant Community
Mr. Herbert Seignoret
Week 2, Wednesday February 10th at 6pm:
The Story of Dyckman Oval: Uptown Manhattan’s Historic Negro League Baseball Stadium
Mr. Don Rice
Week 3, Wednesday February 17th at 6pm:
Zora Neale Hurston and Pura Belpré: Pioneers of Black and Latinx Folk Culture in Upper Manhattan
Dr. Will Walker
Week 4, Wednesday February 24th at 6pm:
The Enslaved at Sylvester Manor: Revealing their stories through Landscape and Memory
Ms. Donnamarie Barnes
Week 5, Wednesday March 3rd at 6pm:
Jazz and Dance in NYC’s Harlem through Jazz Power Initiative
Mr. Eli Yamin and Shireen Dickson
Week 6, Wednesday March 10th at 6pm:
Generations of Slavery on the Dyckman Property in Inwood, 1661-1827
Dr. Gretchen Sullivan Sorin and Mr. Richard Tomczak
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Dyckman Farmhouse Museum is funded in part by a Humanities New York CARES Grant with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the federal CARES Act. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
