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The ‘Rosa Parks of Concord MA,’ discovered in an unmarked grave in Altadena 129 years after her death

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

Thoreau and Diversity: People, Principles, and Politics

The Thoreau Society Virtual Annual Gathering – Featuring Keynote Speaker Ibram X. Kendi Interviewed by The Robbins House’s Maria Madison…

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The Thoreau Society Annual Gathering

Thoreau and Diversity: People, Principles, and Politics with Keynote Speaker Dr. Ibram X. Kendi George Schaller, the 2020 recipient of…

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POSTPONED – Reading Frederick Douglass Together

POSTPONED Please join us as we read and discuss “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” The life…

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Cuban Plantation “Slave Bell” Comes to the Robbins House by Way of The Belmont Hill School

Students at the Belmont Hill School for Boys recently researched the history of the bell that has towered over their…

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Bemis Lecture on the Slavery History of Lincoln MA by Elise Lemire

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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The Terrible Power of the Constitution’s Three-Fifths Clause

Historic New England • Co-sponsored by the Lincoln Historical Society and The Robbins House Tuesday, June 22 • 7-8 pm • Virtual Program…

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All That She Carried: A Conversation with Tiya Miles

June 22, 2021 • 7:00 PM—8:00 PM • Suggested ticket: $5.00 Join MacArthur “Genius” Fellow and Harvard University Professor Tiya…

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Celebrating Ellen Garrison Clark

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Celebration of Altadena Antislavery Leader: Ellen Garrison Clark (1823-1892)

Join us at the Robbins House as we celebrate her life and Juneteenth with a live stream of the Mountain View Cemetery celebration and a talk by our Program Director, Nikki Turpin.

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