Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore

Johns Hopkins University Bookstore 3300 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, Maryland

Professor Lawrence Jackson speaks about his recent book, Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore

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Writers Live! with Lawrence Jackson

Enoch Pratt Central Library 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, Maryland

Professor Lawrence Jackson speaks about his book "Hold it Real Still: Clint Eastwood, Race and the Cinema of the American West" as part of the Enoch Pratt Free Library's Writers Live! Series.

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The Political Production of Blackness

St. James Lafayette Square 1020 W. Lafayette Street, Baltimore, Maryland

“The Political Production of Blackness” by Professor Lester Spence, Political Science, Johns Hopkins University. This is part of the Helena Hicks Speakers Series, Honoring Helena Hicks, the foremother of the student-led movement for Civil Rights in Baltimore City

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Racism, Capitalism, and COVID-19

St. James Lafayette Square 1020 W. Lafayette Street, Baltimore, Maryland

Professor Zophia Edwards, Sociology, Johns Hopkins University. This is part of the Helena Hicks Speakers Series, honoring Helena Hicks, the foremother of the student-led movement for Civil Rights in Baltimore City

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Stolen: Free African Americans Kidnapped and Sold into Slavery

St. James Lafayette Square 1020 W. Lafayette Street, Baltimore, Maryland

Professor Richard Bell History, University of Maryland Helena Hicks Speakers Series  *Honoring Helena Hicks, the foremother of the student-led movement for Civil Rights in Baltimore City

William Watkins and the Legal Rights Association of Baltimore

St. James Lafayette Square 1020 W. Lafayette Street, Baltimore, Maryland

Professor Martha Jones History, Johns Hopkins University Helena Hicks Speakers Series  *Honoring Helena Hicks, the foremother of the student-led movement for Civil Rights in Baltimore City

The Memoir of Captain Harry Foster Dean and Maritime Pan-Africanism

St. James Lafayette Square 1020 W. Lafayette Street, Baltimore, Maryland

Professor Nadia Nurhussein English, Johns Hopkins University Helena Hicks Speakers Series  *Honoring Helena Hicks, the foremother of the student-led movement for Civil Rights in Baltimore City

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3rd Annual Donald Bentley Memorial Lecture

Robert O’Meally, Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English, Columbia UniversityCurated Exhibit from Billie Holiday ArchivesJazz music and more

Beats Per Minute

Beats per Minute:  the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop; Baltimore’s (untold) contributions to the culture.” What is ARTclusive Series?  The ARTclusive Series of "club music, hip hop, and contemporary art" highlights the diverse artistic influences from the past. It emphasizes the significant impact Baltimore has had on the culture. Hip-hop has been a cultural force […]

The Birth of Baltimore Jazz

Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute 847 N. Howard Street, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Join us for a discussion on the Birth of Baltimore Jazz with Lawrence Jackson, the director of the Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts. The event begins at 5:45 with a wine reception featuring the Peabody Graduate Jazz Ensemble in the Eubie Blake Center Garden, and the talk begins at 6:30 p.m.