Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration: Beloved Community
Keynote address by Geoff K. Ward, professor of African and African-American studies, faculty affiliate in the Department of Sociology and Program in American Culture Studies and director of the WashU & Slavery Project
Graham Chapel
Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration: Beloved Community
Keynote address by Geoff K. Ward, professor of African and African-American studies, faculty affiliate in the Department of Sociology and Program in American Culture Studies and director of the WashU & Slavery Project
Graham Chapel |
The 36th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration honors the legacy of Dr. King and the impact he has made on those who carry the torch for humanity. Washington University Chancellor Andrew D. Martin, Provost Beverly Wendland and Rev. Callista Isabelle, Washington University director for religious, spiritual and ethical life, will provide remarks. The commemoration includes performances by Black Anthology, the Washington University student run production group and the Washington University Concert Choir. A reception in the Danforth University Center (DUC) follows the program. The event is free and open to the public.
Legacies of (De)segregated Medicine: Exhibit Opening and Lecture with Dr. Ezelle Sanford, III
Bernard Becker Medical Library, in collaboration with the Center for History of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, presents this lecture series on the history of medicine. Lectures are free and open to the public. After Dr. Sanford's lecture, join us in Glaser Gallery for a reception to celebrate the opening of our latest exhibit, "In Their Own Words: Stories of Desegregation at Washington University Medical Center."
Connor Auditorium (FLTC)
Legacies of (De)segregated Medicine: Exhibit Opening and Lecture with Dr. Ezelle Sanford, III
Bernard Becker Medical Library, in collaboration with the Center for History of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, presents this lecture series on the history of medicine. Lectures are free and open to the public. After Dr. Sanford's lecture, join us in Glaser Gallery for a reception to celebrate the opening of our latest exhibit, "In Their Own Words: Stories of Desegregation at Washington University Medical Center."
Fannie Bialek (Religion & Politics) discusses the state of legal and social movements against mass incarceration with best-selling author, legal scholar, and social justice activist Michelle Alexander
Graham Chapel
In Conversation with Michelle Alexander
Fannie Bialek (Religion & Politics) discusses the state of legal and social movements against mass incarceration with best-selling author, legal scholar, and social justice activist Michelle Alexander
Graham Chapel |
The John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics is honored to host Professor Michelle Alexander for a public conversation on the state of legal and social movements against mass incarceration. Since the publication in 2010 of Alexander’s sea-changing book The New Jim Crow, millions more Americans have been incarcerated in prisons and jails, sometimes held for years without a trial. But American conversations about incarceration have changed, with growing abolitionist movements as well as state and federal initiatives for carceral reform. Alexander’s work has done much to bring these issues to light.
Professor Fannie Bialek will ask Alexander about the state of legal and social movements for carceral reform and prison abolition and their invigoration of religious activism for social change. There will also be time for audience Q&A and a reception immediately following in nearby Umrath Lounge.
We hope you will join us in person or online for this Danforth Distinguished Lecture. Graham Chapel is open seating and doors will open at 6:00 p.m.
Juneteenth Keynote: From New Orleans to Galveston to St. Louis and Beyond
Missouri History Museum
Juneteenth Keynote: From New Orleans to Galveston to St. Louis and Beyond
Missouri History Museum |
Join us for a riveting nine-generation family migration story from Texas to Missouri. Vanessa Slaughter, a native St. Louisan, will join Jim Vincent of the St. Louis African American History & Genealogy Society in a fireside chat to trace her family’s legacy to Galveston, Texas, in the 1860s. Each generation builds on the foundation of love, community, and freedom to give us inspiration to dig into our own family histories and celebrate Juneteenth as a community. The evening will kick off with a brief presentation about the history and meaning of the Juneteenth holiday by Dr. Geoff K. Ward of Washington University in St. Louis and will end with a live performance by the Community Gospel Choir of St. Louis, inspiring us to look deep into our own family legacies of migration, freedom, and community love.
Fire & Freedom: Food and Enslavement in Early America
The traveling exhibition explores ways in which meals can tell us how power is exchanged between and among different peoples, races, genders and classes.
Bernard Becker Medical Library, Atrium
Fire & Freedom: Food and Enslavement in Early America
The traveling exhibition explores ways in which meals can tell us how power is exchanged between and among different peoples, races, genders and classes.
Bernard Becker Medical Library, Atrium
The National Library of Medicine produced this exhibition and companion website.
The traveling exhibition explores ways in which meals can tell us how power is exchanged between and among different peoples, races, genders, and classes. In the Chesapeake region during the colonial era, European settlers relied upon indentured servants, Native Americans, and enslaved Africans for labor, life-saving knowledge of farming and food acquisition, and to gain economic prosperity. Fire and Freedom looks into life at George Washington’s Mount Vernon plantation and the labor of enslaved workers to learn about the ways that meals transcend taste and sustenance.
The National Library of Medicine produced Fire and Freedom: Food and Enslavement in Early America, guest curated by historian, author, and educator Psyche Williams-Forson, PhD (University of Maryland, College Park).
A free screening of the short film, Eliza, telling the story of Eliza Rone, whose family was enslaved by Robert Campbell, a member of Washington University's Board of Trustees, and whose sons attended WashU.
The Hi-Pointe Theatre, 1005 McCausland Ave, St. Louis, MO 63117
Eliza (film screening)
A free screening of the short film, Eliza, telling the story of Eliza Rone, whose family was enslaved by Robert Campbell, a member of Washington University's Board of Trustees, and whose sons attended WashU.
The Hi-Pointe Theatre, 1005 McCausland Ave, St. Louis, MO 63117 |
Based upon extraordinary true events, this is the story of Eliza Rone, an enslaved woman who, in 1856, worked for the richest family in St. Louis - the Campbells.
Cinema St. Louis and the Hi-Pointe Theatre are pleased to offer this free screening of the historical short dramatic film “Eliza”, which recently premiered during the 23rd annual St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase in July. The film won awards for Best Makeup and Hairstyling and Best Actress Kazia Steele in the lead role.
The event will also feature a post-film discussion and Q&A with co-director Delisa Richardson, Andy Hahn with the Campbell House Museum, and key cast members: Kazia Steele (“Eliza”), Meg Davis (“Virginia Campbell”), Tom Taylor (“Robert Campbell”), Tammy Duensing (“Lucy Kyle”), and AG Shaw (“John Rone”). The discussion and Q&A will be moderated by Kevin Coleman-Cohen, director of the film "Pretty Boy," which was also a winner of two awards at the Showcase, Best Director and Best Drama.
The event is free and open to the public, but a ticket is required.
The Green Book was an annual guidebook for African American travelers published from 1936-1966. The book listed services and places open to African American visitors during a time of legalized racial discrimination. Join Noir Bookshop and Great Rivers Greenway for this two-part program to learn about local places featured in the Green Book and walk in their footprints today.
Green Book on the Greenway
The Green Book was an annual guidebook for African American travelers published from 1936-1966. The book listed services and places open to African American visitors during a time of legalized racial discrimination. Join Noir Bookshop and Great Rivers Greenway for this two-part program to learn about local places featured in the Green Book and walk in their footprints today.
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PART ONE: THE NOIR BOOKSHOP
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 4
6:00-8:00 PM More information
PART TWO: THE BRICKLINE GREENWAY
SATURDAY, OCT. 7
2:00-4:00 PM More information
