Sometimes simple calendar items are the introduction to a really good story. Such was the case of teacher and activist Ellen Garrison Jackson Clark and a small notice about the Altadena Historical Society’s Juneteenth celebration of her courageous but little-known life.

With the support of MassHumanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a new exhibit was introduced in the…

So look at you Ellen Garrison Jackson Clark — dead 129 years but still staring down injustice.

In celebrating Juneteenth with a ceremony to install a marker on Concord civil rights activist Ellen G.J. Clark’s gravesite in…

Nailah Randall-Bellinger, choreographer and commissioned artist in residence at Harvard University, is creating a dance that focuses on the African American experience within the context of freedom and ownership of property and self.

Tours are available through the Concord Visitor Center Call 978-318-3061 or email visitors@concordma.gov to request your date and time. Adults…

Repost from the LA Times By Jorge Garcia July 26, 2021 11:30 AM PT It was recently revealed that Ellen Garrison…

This Bemis Lecture, co-sponsored by the Lincoln Historical Society, was given on the first Juneteenth observed as a federal holiday. The lecture was given on Zoom due to the Covid-19 epidemic. Note that the images shown are subject to copyright.

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See the YouTube recording of scholars Maria Madison (The Robbins House & Brandeis University) and Sandy Petrulionis (State University of PA at Altoona)…