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SUMMARY:Yours for the Oppressed\, Harriet Myers - an exhibit celebrating Black Women Activists
DESCRIPTION:Yours for the Oppressed\, Harriet Myers\nCome view the first such exhibit to be installed at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence. Yours for the Oppressed\, Harriet Myers features pieces chosen by our museum’s Special Collections curator in honor of Black  Women’s contributions to social justice in America. The exhibition centers around an 1860 letter written by Harriet Myers to white abolitionist John Jay II which is graciously on loan from the John Jay Homestead in Katonah\, NY. \nOther works on display are publications edited and co-written by Harriet and Stephen\, as well as examples of Black abolitionist embroidery\, and artwork highlighting the continuation of the movement. We are excited to share with you not only the life of Harriet Myers\, but how her activist legacy continues to this day\, exemplified by five local Black women: Didi Delgado\, Jamaica Miles\, Leah Pennimen\, Barbara Smith\, and Tabetha Wilson. \nHarriet’s handwritten one-page letter is a treasure trove of information about UGRR activism\, the role of female abolitionists\, and the political climate of the 1860’s in the Capital Region. \nA gem to behold\, following the grand opening this letter will be on display during public visiting hours of 5pm-8pm Mondays-Fridays and 12pm-4pm Saturdays. \nMasks covering nose and mouth will be required when inside The Myers Residence if you have not been fully vaccinated. Disposable masks are available at The Residence. Donations are welcomed in support of this exhibit. Donations can be made at The Myers Residence and online at https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/donate/ \n\nQuestions? Call 518-621-7793. \nSee you at the exhibit! \n 
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/yours-for-the-oppressed-harriet-myers-an-exhibit/
LOCATION:The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence\, 194 Livingston Avenue\, Albany\, NY\, 12210\, United States
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SUMMARY:FreedomCon 2021 - African Americans Fighting White Supremacy in the Wake of the Tulsa Massacre
DESCRIPTION:100 years ago\, in the wake of the Tulsa Race Massacre\, wealthy African Americans from Oklahoma joined Little Liberia\, an economic opportunity to improve the lives of African Americans in the U.S. through economic advancement in Mexico. They also created a sister organization\, the International Community Welfare League\, that sought to combat White Supremacy\, which they identified as a main culprit for racial inequality in the U.S and in the hemisphere.\nThis presentation will discuss the Tulsa Massacre\, Little Liberia\, the League\, and consider the role of multiracial organizing with African Americans at the center as a means to combat White Supremacy.\n  \n \nLaura Hooton\, PhD\, is Assistant Professor of American History at The United States Military Academy at West Point. She is interested in race\, ethnicity\, and identity in North America\, especially combining African American history and Black studies with borderlands history. She also studies migration and immigration\, especially from the perspective of comparative race and ethnicity and social movements. Dr. Hooton leads the Black History at West Point project. She also published a module on comparative immigration in the Southwest for West Point. Currently Dr. Hooton is working on two books. Her first monograph tells the history of Little Liberia\, a social movement that began in 1918 as an African American agricultural community in Baja California started by Black Los Angelenos. The movement\, in its ten-year history\, grew into a movement for political\, social and economic change in the United States and Mexico\, including the creation of a sister organization to combat White Supremacy in North America in the wake of the Tulsa Race Massacre. She is co-authoring the revised edition of Almost All Aliens\, a large-scale telling of comparative United States immigration\, race\, and ethnicity history. \n  \nPublications \nLittle Liberia: The Dream of an African American Community in Baja California. Under contract\, Oklahoma University Press\, Race and Culture in the American West series. \nAlmost All Aliens: Immigration\, Race\, and Colonialism in American History and Identity\, Revised Edition. Under Contract\, with Paul Spickard and Francisco Beltrán\, Routledge. \n“Little Liberia\, the African American Agricultural Colony in Baja California” in Farming Across Borders: Transnational Agricultural History in the North American West\, ed. Sterling Evans (College Station: Texas A&M University Press\, 2017) \nAfrican Americans Fighting White Supremacy in the Wake of the Tulsa Massacre – flier \n  \n \nToday’s event is made possible\, in part\, by an Action Grant from Humanities New York. Humanities New York encourages critical thinking and cultural understanding in the public arena through grants\, programs\, networking and advocacy. Visit humanitiesny.org to learn more.
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/libertycon-2021-african-americans-fighting-white-supremacy-in-the-wake-of-the-tulsa-massacre/
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