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FreedomCon 2021 – Destined to Engage and Collaborate: Examining the Social/Political Dynamics of Native Americans and African Americans in the United States

Online

Through anecdotal historical and contemporary narratives, this seminar presents compelling evidence that Native Americans and African Americans have provided unique intertwining social, political and cultural contributions to the development of our United States society. This symbiotic relationship contributed to establishing collaborative agency between these similarly oppressed people in their efforts to gain equal rights and…

$10

Myers Residence Library Development Team

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

Join with a highly skilled librarian and volunteers in bringing The Myers Residence Library to life! Numerous books have been donated over time and they need to be catalogued so that the library can be open for public use. The Library Development team works together every Monday from 12:30pm – 2pm at The Myers Residence.…

The Myers Residence will be CLOSED

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence will be closed on Saturday, October 2. Join the staff at the Hudson River Maritime Museum's Conference - Blacks History in the Hudson Valley. Information is available at https://www.hrmm.org/black-history-conference.html

Conference on Black History in the Hudson Valley 2021

Hudson River Maritime Museum 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston, NY

Join the Hudson River Maritime Museum, The Library at the A.J. Williams-Myers African Roots Center, TMI Project's Black Stories Matter, the Underground Railroad Education Center, and Harambee/the Pine Street African Burial Ground for this year's Conference on Black History in the Hudson Valley. The focus of this conference is the history of Black and African-American residents in the Hudson Valley, including…

$15 – $30

The Myers Residence will be CLOSED

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

Because our staff will be visiting the A.J. Williams-Myers African Roots Center in Kingston, The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence will need to be closed for the day. Regular hours will resume on Monday, October 11. Thank you for our understanding.  

Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad

Online

"Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad focuses on seaborne escapes of enslaved African Americans along the eastern seaboard. Contemporary scholarship and teaching about the Underground Railroad focus…

Historic Preservation Fund Grant Programs Webinar

Online

In 2022, the Historic Preservation Fund will fund more than $150 million in projects to assist communities with historic preservation and conservation projects. On Wednesday, November 4 at 4:30pm EDT,…

Archeology and the Underground Railroad

Online via Zoom

  Join an hour long discussion and Q & A on archeology and the Underground Railroad. Commemorating International Archeology Day 2021, panelists Paul Stewart, Matt Kirk and Lavada Nahon will…

The Myers Residence will be closed

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

We apologize for any inconvenience but The Myers Residence will be closed on Saturday, November 13 as staff and volunteers will be off site at a program out of the…