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

Free

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

Free

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.

Birth of Jazz Exhibit and Roundtable

Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center 847 N. Howard Street, Baltimore, Maryland

Join us at the "Birth of Jazz: exhibit at the Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center. This event will also include a roundtable conversation featuring Jamal Moore, artist-in-residence at the Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts. There will also be a catered reception. Please RSVP for the event in advance.

Sabine Mohamed

Baltimore Unity Center 1505 Eutaw Place, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Sabine Mohamed of JHU's Anthropology department.

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Dr. Raynetta Wiggins Jackson, Women’s History Month

Reginald F. Lewis Museum 830 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland

Celebrate Women’s History Month with the Billie Holiday Center for Liberations Arts for their Helena Hicks Speaker Series featuring  Dr. Raynetta Wiggins-Jackson. Dr. Wiggins-Jackson’s lecture will focus on “Ethel’s Place: Celebrating Ethel Ennis Baltimore’s First Lady of Jazz.” Her lecture grows out of her curatorial and exhibition work on the legendary jazz singer Ethel Ennis.  RSVP here for this […]

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