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November 2021
History Book Group: The Education of Henry Adams
The Medford Historical Society & Museum and the Medford Public Library have chosen "Lives Lived" as the fall theme for their History Book Group, which will take place via Zoom. This evening's topic is the autobiography "The Education of Henry Adams" by Henry Adams. The book offers a first-hand critique of 19th-century educational theory and practice in America. Adams also has a Medford connection as the grandson of Peter Chardon Brooks (1767-1849), one of the 100 richest men in the…
Find out more »Brooks Estate Guided Walk
The Medford-Brooks Estate Land Trust (M-BELT) invites you to a guided walk at the Shepherd Brooks Estate property. The walk will focus on the history and landscape of the site, as well as provide an opportunity for input on the preliminary design for the new access drive that is an important part of the master plan for the property. Meet at the green gate/blue sign for the Brooks Estate at 275 Grove Street. The walk will take about one hour…
Find out more »Reckoning With Remembrance
The Royall House & Slave Quarters presents an online discussion with Tsione Wolde-Michael, the co-curator of the recent exhibit "Reckoning with Remembrance: History, Injustice, and the Murder of Emmet Till" at the National Museum of American History. The new exhibit features a single object, the 2008 historical marker commemorating Emmet Till, which was vandalized over the course of many years and contains 317 bullet holes. Tsione will discuss the complicated relationship between Black history and national belonging. Admission is free, but…
Find out more »December 2021
Tufts Art Galleries Tour: Connecting Threads
Tufts University Art Galleries presents a special tour of its current exhibit "Connecting Threads / Survivor Objects," led by Dr. Helen C. Evans, the Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator for Byzantine Art Emerita at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibit, which closes today, contains Armenian objects that tell interwoven stories, and their threads provide visual evidence of vast trade and religious networks. Evans curated The Met’s 2018 exhibition "Armenia!" has lectured and published widely and taught Armenian art and…
Find out more »February 2022
The Extraordinary Story of the Tuskegee Airmen
The Medford Public Library is partnering with three North Shore libraries to present the virtual program "The Extraordinary Story of the Tuskegee Airmen." Learn the story of how a group of Black men who were once considered of little value to the World War II war effort proved they could take down enemy aircraft abroad and racial barriers at home. Led by Jeffrey Urbin, Education Specialist at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Please register through the library's…
Find out more »Challenging Assumptions in Telling Underrepresented History
Kyera Singleton, executive director of the Royall House & Slave Quarters on George Street in Medford, will be a panelist at the Massachusetts Historical Society Program "Challenging Assumptions in Telling Underrepresented History." Too often public history organizations have believed that there were not enough records to give voice to enslaved people and other underrepresented voices from America's past. This MHS program will feature three projects at historical organizations that have been able to tell the stories of enslaved people. These…
Find out more »Black Heritage Trail Virtual Tour
The Medford Historical Society & Museum invites you to join Shawn P. Quigley, National Park Service Ranger at the Museum of African American History, as he leads a virtual walk-through of the 19th-century North Slope of Beacon Hill to the African Meeting House. Tour the neighborhood where African Americans built their homes, established businesses, and built schools and houses of worship. It was here that they fought for equal rights and school desegregation. The tour will include residences of prominent…
Find out more »Author Talk: Erin Kelly – Remembering Winfred Rembert
The Center for the Humanities at Tufts University presents Philosophy professor Erin I. Kelly discussing her 2021 book about Winfred Rembert, "Chasing Me To My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South." Winfred Rembert (1945-2021) was an artist from Cuthbert, Georgia. His paintings on carved and tooled leather have been exhibited at museums and galleries across the country, and compared to the work of Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden and Horace Pippin. Rembert was honored by the Equal Justice…
Find out more »Collecting and Exhibiting Untold Stories
The Royall House & Slave Quarters is co-sponsoring the event "Collecting and Exhibiting Untold Stories," part of the Cape Ann Museum's CAMTalks series. What responsibility do museums have to actively collect and exhibit Black history? How can this responsibility be fulfilled through collaborative exhibition practices? Doneeca Thurston, director of the Lynn Museum, will share the conception, collection, and implementation of the museum's collaborative exhibit with Lynn's Black community, entitled "Untold Stories: A History of Black People in Lynn." She will…
Find out more »Terry E. Carter: Poetry as Protest
The Royall House & Slave Quarters presents an online conversation with City of Medford poet laureate Terry E. Carter titled “Poetry as Protest.” Carter, a product of West Medford, will read and discuss a selection of his poems relating to the history and legacies of slavery in Medford and beyond, but also about Black resistance and joy. His reading will include “Medford Bound,” the powerful poem he wrote for the dedication of a memorial to enslaved Medford residents buried in…
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