LLA-15 Booklet

Dear Friends,

Welcome to the Museum of African American History’s 2015 Living Legends Awards Gala—a celebratory and heartfelt farewell to our very own Beverly A. Morgan-Welch. Taking her leadership skills to Washington, DC, Beverly is now the Associate Director of External Affairs at the historic National Museum of African American History and Culture, a Smithsonian Museum being constructed on the Washington Mall. This is a wonderful testament to the legacy Beverly leaves behind in making our Museum a premier cultural destination.

For 16 years, Beverly led the Museum with unmatched dedication, skill, and fervor. Unprecedented historic preservation efforts in Boston and on Nantucket are the highlight of her tenure, in particular the award-winning restoration and re-dedication of the African Meeting House in Boston. With every program under her direction, the Museum has honored the intentionality, purpose, organization, and sophistication of Boston’s and Nantucket’s black communities of the 18th and 19th centuries. Beverly has made the Museum our Museum, reminding us that the magnificent historic sites embody our collective American history. Beverly is indeed a Living Legend and we are proud to recognize her with the Museum’s highest honor—the William Lloyd Garrison Silver Cup.

Now, we look to the future. As we plan for the Museum’s 50th Anniversary in 2017, we are eager to build upon Beverly’s legacy with the establishment of the Beverly A. Morgan-Welch Preservation and Education Fund. Because of your generous support, the fund will help the Museum preserve seven historic sites—the cornerstones of all we do. You are critical to our future. Because of you we can and we will. We will develop innovative curriculum to complement and support more educators. We will host more visitors. We will teach more children. We will impact more lives. Thank you for standing with us now and into the future.

Sincerely,

Greetings

Cathy StoneChair

Marita RiveroInterim Executive Director

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ABOUT

The GalaThe Museum of African American History’s annual Living Legends Awards gala commemorates the legacy and contributions of champions including Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Maria Stewart by honoring modern-day Living Legends who have followed in their footsteps in the advancement of equality, education, and justice for all.

Established in 2001, the Living Legends Awards celebrate contemporary leaders of purpose who embody the same principles of these legends of the past, share the untold stories of Africans in America, and promote uplift through their good works. The fierce bravery of abolitionists, the discipline of social, political, and business entrepreneurs, and the boundless curiosity of intellectuals are personified in our Living Legends.

THE STORY OF

The Garrison Silver CupWilliam Lloyd Garrison, Editor of The Liberator newspaper, established the New England Antislavery Society in the African Meeting House on Beacon Hill and, shortly thereafter, made his first trip to England to raise funds for a school for colored youth. Before he left Boston, Garrison gave a farewell address at the Meeting House. The next evening at the home of George Putnam, Boston’s black leaders presented Garrison with a silver cup, the inscription read:

Presented to Wm. L. Garrison by his Coloured Friends Freedom and Equality

United we stand and divided we fall

David Snowden P. Hall G. Putnam P. Howard C. Caples Wm. Brown J. B. Pero J. Hilton G. Thomson J. Silver L. York

J. Lewis F. Standin T. Cole C. L. RemondE. J. B. Mundueu H. Thacker Boston, April 4th 1833

These men were leaders in community organizations such as the African Baptist Church, the Prince Hall Masons, and the Adelphic Union Library Association. With the occupations of clothes merchant, hairdresser, caterer, and mariner, they were committed abolitionists. In the April 13, 1833 issue of The Liberator, Garrison acknowledged the gift “as a pledge of your friendship and appreciation of my labors in that noblest of all enterprises, the rescue of the whole colored race from servitude and degradation.”

William Lloyd Garrison

The original silver cup is part of the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College

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2015 LIVING LEGENDS AWARDS

Co-ChairsHonorary Co-ChairsThe Honorable Elizabeth Warren and Bruce Mann The Honorable Edward Markey and Susan Blumenthal The Honorable Linda Dorcena Forry and William P. Forry The Honorable Martin J. Walsh

Co-ChairsThe Honorable Deval L. Patrick and Diane Patrick Bob Rivers and Patricia Rivers

Harriet Tubman



ProgramFestive Cocktail SupperAujourd’hui

CeremonyGrand Ballroom

WelcomeMarita Rivero, Interim Executive DirectorCathy Douglas Stone, Board Chair

Beverly A. Morgan-Welch Historic Preservation and Education Fund Donor AcknowledgmentThe Honorable Deval L. Patrick and Diane PatrickBob Rivers and Patricia Rivers

Presentation of the 2015 Living Legends Award

Presentation of the Garrison Silver CupDavid Garrison

Dessert and Live Music

MusiciansNedelka Prescod, VocalistBert Seager Trio


2015 Living Legend

Preserving the historic sites of the Museum, among the nation’s rarest treasures, was her primary responsibility: in Boston, the African Meeting House (b.1806) and the Abiel Smith School (b.1835) and on Nantucket, the African Meeting House (c.1820) and the Seneca Boston-Florence Higginbotham House (c.1774).

In 2011, Morgan-Welch’s completion of the historic restoration of the African Meeting House in Boston, built in 1806 and host to giants in the national antislavery, education, and equal rights movements in America, is one of the greatest accomplishments of her career. While preserving some of America’s most significant African American historic sites during her tenure, she developed powerful new programming and special events that illuminate this hidden heritage through groundbreaking scholarship including: Teacher Summer Institutes, Dig and Discover Archeology Camp, Underground Railroad Adventures, Profiles in Color, and the Living Legend Awards.

Partnerships were hallmarks of the advancement of the Museum of African American History under her leadership. In 2003, the National Trust for Historic Preservation welcomed the Museum into their family of historic sites. A partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston created two exhibits on Black Entrepreneurs of the 18th and 19th Centuries, while another partnership with Harvard University and the National Park Service, under the banner of Freedom Rising, presented a national conference and launched the Museum’s exhibit and year-long programming on the 150th anniversaries of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Massachusetts 54th Regiment, the first black troops from the North in the Civil War. Continuing partnerships provide college-level Freedom Rising courses taught by Museum staff.

Prior to joining the Museum, Morgan-Welch served in corporate philanthropy at Connecticut Mutual and Raytheon Company. As a development professional at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, she acquired an African American collection establishing the Amistad Center for Art and Culture housed at the art museum. She later served as the Executive Director of the Greater Hartford Arts Council.

In 2007 and 2011, Morgan-Welch chaired the Inauguration of Massachusetts’ Governor Deval Patrick. A graduate of Smith College, her awards include the Smith Medal (2009), an Honorary Doctorate for Public Service from Suffolk University (2014), the President’s Distinguished Service Award from Bunker Hill Community College (2014), a “You Rock” award from Roxbury Community College (2014), and the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Commonwealth Award in Achievement (2015). She is a Member of the Antiquarian Society, Massachusetts Historical Society, Heritage Guild, and Colonial Society of Massachusetts.

Beverly A. Morgan-WelchBeverly A. Morgan-Welch, former Executive Director of the Museum of African American History in Boston and Nantucket helped grow the organization to national prominence. With three National Historic Landmarks, two Black Heritage Trails®, collections, exhibitions, and programs, she led the presentation of the powerful history of New England’s 18th and 19th century black abolitionist and entrepreneurial communities.



Beverly A. Morgan-WelchHistoric Preservation and Education Fund

Beverly A. Morgan-Welch led the Museum of African American History from 1999 to 2015 with intellect, passion, and unusual eloquence. She directed historic preservation efforts in Boston and on Nantucket, including the award-winning restoration and re-dedication of the African Meeting House in Boston. She conceived and realized countless public programs and educational initiatives that brought to life and honored the unique history and accomplishments of Boston’s and Nantucket’s black communities of the 18th and 19th centuries. She raised the visibility of the Museum, engaged a broader audience, and reminded us that the early history of African Americans is integral to understanding our collective American history.

To build upon this legacy and to honor her profound impact on the commonwealth and on the public conversation about race in the 21st century, the Board of Directors of the Museum of African American History has established the Beverly A. Morgan-Welch Historic Preservation and Education Fund. The fund will help the Museum operate its historic sites and offer one-of-a-kind exhibitions while also supporting the informative, inspirational, and educational, public lectures, concerts, and programs for students, educators, and visitors. It will also enable us to research, preserve, and share the indelible American history we steward. The fund will provide unrestricted support for the Museum’s ongoing preservation and education activities.



Beverly A. Morgan-Welch Historic Preservation and Education Fund

As of November 24, 2015

Frederick Douglass LeaderCathy and Jim StoneThe Honorable Deval L. Patrick and Diane Patrick

William Lloyd Garrison PresenterEastern Bank

Maria Stewart UnderwriterBarbara and Amos HostetterNew England Patriots

Absalom Boston PresenterCarol DeaneEMC Corporation

Robert Gould Shaw AssociateBank of AmericaBlue Cross Blue Shield of MassachusettsFidelity Institutional Asset ManagementLawrence and Atsuko FishLiberty Mutual InsuranceMarzuq Muhammad and Mary AlexandreBob Rivers and Patricia Rivers

Eunice Ross SupporterBunker Hill Community CollegeCarmen Fields and Lorenz Finison, Ph.D.

Lewis Hayden ContributorCassandra and Philip ClayTed CutlerDavid and Loretta GarrisonMarcy GefterKenneth S. GreenbergJames Hoyte and Norma DinnallClark and Jane MoellerDaniel MullinNational Park Service/Boston African American Historic Site

Lewis Hayden ContributorRed Sox FoundationDeborah Scott and Ralph MartinHorace SeldonMarcia and Richard SodenSandra Urie and Frank HerronBennie and Flash Wiley

Susan Paul FriendVivian C. BeardJackie Benson JonesBlackside, Inc. Lori CatallozziStephen P. Crosby and Helen R. Strieder Harron Ellenson and Roger Snow Emerson CollegePaul and Mary FernandesEdith GriffinDoug Hammerstrom and Diane HarrisBeverly Hector-SmithPhyllis and Kermit HollidayArlyne A. JacksonPaul and Linda KaroffElizabeth T. MayerBunny MeyerManuel OtegaHarry and Frances PrattMarita RiveroBert Seager and Renée LothSidney TopolKristin WatersPreston and Constance Williams

Contributors



Past HonoreesHarry Belafonte (2014) The Honorable Margaret Burnham (2014)The Honorable Thomas M. Menino (2014) George A. Russell, Jr. (2013)Anna Deavere Smith (2013) Cathleen Douglas Stone (2013) James M. Stone (2013)Dr. S. Allen Counter (2012) Diane B. Patrick (2012) Jim Rice (2012)The Honorable William S. Cohen (2011) Janet Langhart Cohen (2011)Edmund F. Kelly (2011)Marita Rivero (2011)Dr. Augustus A. White, III (2011)The Honorable Deval L. Patrick (2009) The Honorable Carol Fulp (2009) Charles Ogletree (2009)The Honorable Alan Solomont (2009)The Tuskegee Airmen, New England Region (2009) The Honorable Denise Nappier (2008)Kenneth Guscott (2008)George Wein (2008)Kenneth Gamble (2007) Earl G. Graves Jr. (2007)Glendora McIlwain Putnam (2007)The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy (2006)Edward O. Owens (2006)Liz Walker (2006)The Honorable Edward W. Brooke (2005)Dr. James O. Horton and Dr. Lois F. Horton (2005) Daphne Maxwell Reid and Tim Reid (2005)The Honorable Joyce London Alexander (2004) Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2004)Cicely Tyson (2002)Ossie Davis (2001)


Drs. Linda A. Clayton and W. Michael Byrd, Award for Medical Research and Writing (2002)Barbara White, Award for Nantucket History (2002) Irene Smalls, Award for Children’s Literature (2002)Northeastern University Press, Award for Publishing (2002) Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Award for Preservation (2002)Lois Brown, Ph.D., Award for Scholarship and Research (2001) The National Park Service, Award for Community Service (2001) The Honorable Julian T. Houston, Award for Jurisprudence (2001) Helen Seager, Award for Volunteerism (2001)Proctor Academy, Award for Education (2001) John Burchill, The National Park Service (2001)


African American History Awards



About the Museum

When Boston’s free black community began construction on the nation’s first African Meeting House in 1806, they had a vision. Free black craftsmen would build a gathering place to worship, educate children and adults, engage in all manner of political and cultural life, and launch a strategic campaign to abolish slavery. In the decades that followed, there were historic meetings hosted by black and white abolitionists, whose steadfast commitments and gallant actions changed this nation. The Meeting House became known as the black Faneuil Hall. Centuries later, the oldest extant African American church building in the country that also later served as a synagogue, still stands on the north slope of Beacon Hill. The adjacent Abiel Smith School (b.1835) celebrates its own proud history. It is the first building in the nation constructed to serve as a public school for black children.

On Nantucket, the African Meeting House (c.1820’s), also a National Historic Landmark, is the only public building constructed and occupied by African Americans in the 19th century still standing on island. This small post-and-beam structure represents the most vivid reminder of a thriving black maritime community and the school and church that was at the center of civil rights activists of the 19th century. The Seneca Boston-Florence Higginbotham House (c.1774) was built on land purchased before the Revolutionary War by Seneca Boston, a weaver and formerly enslaved man. His wife Thankful (Micah) and he were parents to Absalom Boston, entrepre-neur, whaling captain, and community leader who helped to build the Meeting House.

All four major structures are national in their scope and powerful in their significance to Massachusetts and United States history. They embody the stories of organized black communities from the Colonial Period through the 19th century that advanced the cause of freedom through a strategic network of Northern coastal communities. The Museum is dedicated to preserving these buildings and related collections, and interpreting them for the region and the nation, each year welcoming visitors from around the world.

The Museum of African American History is New England’s largest museum dedicated to preserving, conserving, and accurately interpreting the contributions of people of African descent, and those with whom they found common cause in the struggle for liberty, dignity, and justice for all. Founded in 1967, its Boston and Nantucket campuses feature four historic sites — three are National Historic Landmarks — and two Black Heritage Trails®. These treasures represent the most important National Historic Landmarks related to African American history in the United States.



Legacy Society

Anonymous (2)Levi and Jeanne Adams Vivian C. BeardMichael Bentinck-SmithEdward and Sandra BlackmanAudra BohannonLori Smith Britton and Milton L. Britton, Jr.Michele Courton Brown and Philip BrownWayne and Jacqui BuddRick and Nonnie BurnesKatherine Burton JonesClayton and Christine ChristensenEugene and Meredith ClappDr. Phillip and Cassandra ClayRena ClarkJohn F. Cogan and Mary CornilleDr. Graham Colditz and Pat CoxCarol DeaneJohn and Lydia DiamondAlisa DraytonCharles S. DuttonHarron Ellenson and Roger SnowGeorge and Angela EllisPamela D. Everhart and Karl CoiscouMary A. FernandesCarmen Fields and Lorenz J. Finison, Ph.D. Larry and Atsuko Fish

The Legacy Society is a growing network of dedicated individuals who have committed $1,000 or more to the Museum for five years. The annual support of this community sustains the work of the Museum of African American History and upholds the legacy of the founders of the African Meeting House. Members receive special benefits including invitations to member-only events and recognition in Museum programs.

Carol and Bernard FulpDavid and Loretta GarrisonLloyd Garrison*Marcy Gefter and Thomas LembergEugene E. GrantLynette Glover Griffin and Leslie “Skip” GriffinMichael GroganSteven and Barbara GrossmanCecil GuscottValerie and Kenneth GuscottLisa GuscottChandra HarringtonJason HarrisLeslie E. HarrisMargaret B. HarrisonSandra HenriquezBrent Henry and Minnie Baylor-HenryGeorgine R. HillJames Hoyte and Norma DinnallRoderick Ireland and Alice AlexanderDerrick Z. JacksonJackie Jenkins-Scott and James Scott Beverley E. JohnsonCharla JonesStephen and Jill KarpHannah L. KilsonSara Lawrence-Lightfoot

*deceased



Legacy SocietyThe Legacy Society is a growing network of dedicated individuals who have committed $1,000 or more to the Museum for five years. The annual support of this community sustains the work of the Museum of African American History and upholds the legacy of the founders of the African Meeting House. Members receive special benefits including invitations to member-only events and recognition in Museum programs.

Marcia Lloyd and Daniel ShannonAnne Lovett and Stephen WoodsumLloyd McKenzieBeverly A. Morgan-WelchKeith and Angela MotleyCharles and Pamela Ogletree, Jr.Edward and Maureen OwensRobert and Elizabeth OwensM. Lee Pelton A. Robert PhillipsColette PhillipsRobert H. Prince, Jr. Vikki L. PryorGlendora McIlwain PutnamMarzuq Muhammad and Mary AlexandreSharon ReillyMarita RiveroGeorge Russell and Faye Sampson-RussellMacey Russell and Roberta GoganianTakako G. Sato SalviClayton Samuels and Aisha Francis SamuelsHelaine A. SimmondsGail SnowdenRichard and Marcia SodenSylvia Stevens-Edouard and Chelinde EdouardJames and Cathy StoneRebecca and Elwin Sykes

Janet and Bruce TaylorSusan WagnerCharles E. Walker, Jr., Esq. Edith L. WalkerRichard C. Walker, III Roslyn WatsonBennie and Flash WileyConstance and Preston WilliamsSharon and Leon WilsonDanice L. Woodley



Board of DirectorsCathleen Douglas Stone, ChairJames S. Hoyte, First Vice Chair, Strategic Planning & Board DevelopmentDavid Garrison, Vice Chair, DevelopmentPaul Karoff, Vice Chair, Historic SitesRobert Mitchell, Chair, MarketingSylvia Stevens-Edouard, Second Vice Chair Special EventsClayton Samuels, Treasurer

Muhammad Ali-SalaamReginald ChampagneMarcy GefterJacqueline GlennKenneth GreenbergRobert P. MitchellMarzuq MuhammadStanley Onuoha M. Lee PeltonRichard SodenRebecca Miller SykesLouis Wilson

Honorary MembersSamuel W. Allen*Ruth M. Batson*Henry Hampton*Thomas M. Menino*Robert O. Preyer

Interim Executive Director Marita Rivero

*deceased

John S. Rock


On-site education programs offered for K-12, college, and adult groups:

• Freedom Rising: Reading, Writing, and Publishing Black Books Exhibit Tours introduce students, educators, and visitors to the rich history of African American literature and the power of the written word in the pursuit of social justice from the 18th century to today.

• The Abiel Smith School Classroom: Giant Steps in a Small Space invites elementary school students to imagine themselves as the young scholars of the Smith School in the 1830s, where a first person interpretation of Smith School teacher Susan Paul brings the 19th century classroom to life.

• Dig and Discover welcomes students across grade levels to become archaeologists, conducting a simulated “dig” and learning about the important role of archaeology in uncovering the hidden stories of our historic sites and the Beacon Hill and Nantucket black communities.

• They Spoke Here: Abolitionists’ Debates challenges high school students to take on a real issue that divided the abolitionist movement and, using primary sources and the authentic voices of abolitionist men and women, conduct a debate in the African Meeting House, where many discussions and decisions about the course of the movement took place over 150 years ago.

On-site and outreach programs offered to a broad range of schools and educators:

• Boston Public Schools including Greater Egleston High School, Mather Elementary, Conservatory Lab Charter School

• Greater Boston Schools including Catholic Memorial High School, Prospect Hill Academy, and Cambridge Public Schools

• Colleges and Universities including Suffolk University and Simmons College

MLK Summer Scholars – Now in its seventh year, the MLK Scholars program allows seven high school students to work at the Museum in July and August, during which time they participate in the Teacher Summer Institute, provide tours to visiting camp and student groups, and, in the summer of 2015, developed their own video project inspired by the Museum’s historic sites and contemporary issues. The Scholars’ video, Black Culture: Not for Auction, was produced in collaboration with Press Pass TV and is available online.

Education Program Highlights2015 LIVING LEGENDS AWARDS

Our education programs engage learners of all ages through a series of hands-on, interactive programs that employ place-based learning at our historic sites and draw on rich, cutting-edge scholarship across the fields of history, archaeology, literature, and more. In 2015, the Education Department continued to expand and enhance its impact through new programs and partnerships, including:


Education Program Highlights cont’d2015 LIVING LEGENDS AWARDS

Bunker Hill Community College Partnership – Now in its third year, MAAH staff have partnered with BHCC faculty and administrators to offer a range of programs and experiences serving BHCC’s diverse faculty and students:

• 35 Education Tours and Programs for BHCC groups, both on-site at the Museum and on-campus, serving over 600 students and 19 faculty and staff

• Faculty Summer Institute held in June 2015 with participants representing the Community Engagement, Behavioral Sciences, English, ESL, and Visual Art Departments

• MAAH Director of Education and Interpretation L’Merchie Frazier featured in BHCC Art Gallery solo exhibition, In Sight, Eternally Here: African American Landscapes of Freedom, February – April 2015

Teacher and Faculty Summer Institutes and Educator Cohort Initiative

• 45 teachers and faculty served, representing Bunker Hill Community College, Roxbury Community College, Boston Public Schools History and Social Studies Department, Braintree Public Schools History and Social Studies Department, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, Brockton High School, Watertown High School, The Sage School, Boston Latin Academy, Castle of Our Skins

• A new Educator Cohort Initiative, in which MAAH Education staff work with Institute participants throughout the academic year in order to develop lesson plans and educational experiences that implement the content and approaches introduced during the Institute.

Coming up in 2016:

• Google+ Connected Classrooms will allow MAAH to offer live virtual field trips via video call to classes across the country that would otherwise not be able to experience our historic sites

• Google Cultural Institute online collections and digital exhibition platform will allow MAAH to share collections with a broader audience than ever before, including teachers and students

• Launch of online collaborative education space in conjunction with the Educator Cohort Initiative that will allow teachers to share lesson plans, resources, and ideas with MAAH and with each other



Exhibit HighlightsFreedom Rising: Reading, Writing, and Publishing Black BooksOn view through Spring 2016

Black Books places pioneering works of 18th and 19th century black authors in dialogue with more contemporary works across a wide array of selected genres including poetry, fiction, autobiography, medicine, military experience, sociology, music, and more. This body of literature represents a multidisciplinary exploration of the early black community of Boston and their purposeful, powerful, and prophetic use of the written word in their pursuit of freedom, social justice, and civil rights, as well as artistic and creative expression from the 18th century to the present. The exhibited works and objects are drawn from the Museum’s collection of antique and historic books, American Antiquarian Society, Massachusetts Historical Society, and the Clark Collection of African American Literature, housed at Suffolk University’s Mildred F. Sawyer Library and co-owned by the Museum, and Boston African American National Historic Site. The exhibit features such landmark works as:

• Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773)• William Wells Brown’s The Escape, or, A Leap for Freedom: A Drama in Five Acts (1858)• Nancy Prince’s Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince (1853)• Solomon Northup’s Twelve Years a Slave (1853)



Upcoming ExhibitPicturing Frederick DouglassSpring 2016

In June 2016, the Museum will open a new exhibit, Picturing Frederick Douglass featuring over 100 images of the famous abolitionist taken between 1841 and 1895. Few realize that Douglass was the most photographed man during the 19th century with 160 surviving images. By comparison, there are 130 images of President Abraham Lincoln.

Douglass, who loved photography, sat for photographers every chance he could get. He firmly believed that through photographs Americans could view positive and accurate images of African Americans, countering the negative portrayals and caricatures prevalent in the 19th century.

The exhibit will be curated by Dr. John Stauffer, Harvard University professor of English and American Literature, American Studies and African American Studies. Stauffer and Zoe Trodd (University of Nottingham) conducted extensive research in the U. S. and Europe to locate the Douglass images recently published in their book, Picturing Frederick Douglass.



Public Program HighlightsBoston

MAAH Music Concert Series

In 2015, the Museum was pleased to continue offering our annual MAAH Music series. It has become a staple of the Museum’s public programming, with diverse music offered by students and professors from the New England Conservatory, the Handel+Haydn Society (H+H), Berklee College of Music, Jazz Boston, and other local and nationally renowned musicians.

Concerts this year included:

• Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Concert with the City of Boston and the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra

• A Concert for Justice with NEC• A Musical Premiere in a Storied Space with the Imagine Orchestra• Tribute to Black Composers with H+H• Oh! Freedom with Castle of our Skins

Lectures, Book Signings, Conversations

In addition to MAAH Music, the Museum is thrilled to offer a wide variety of speakers and authors for its public programs. Enjoying strong partnerships with The Emerald Necklace Conservancy, Boston National African American Historic Site, Huntington Theatre Company, Beacon Hill Scholars, National Center for Race Amity, Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, and others, we have been able to provide our audience with inspiring talks, powerful poetry, and deeper insight into the history we steward. Programs this year included:

• Slam Poetry Night with the Huntington Theatre Company• From the Pyramids to the Projects…From the Projects to the Stars with Askia M. Touré• Radical Presence: Black Faces, White Spaces and Stories of Possibility with Dr. Carolyn Finney• Black Votes Matter with Bob Moses • Remembering the Life and Legacy of Abraham Lincoln with Dr. John Stauffer• Growing Up X:Marking the 90th Birthday of Malcolm X with Ilyasah Shabazz• The Struggle Continues:2015 Millennium Conversation & Town Hall Meeting on the 50th Anniversary of

the Voting Rights Act• All Men Free and Brethren with Peter P. Hinks & Stephen Kantrowitz• Frederick Douglass: The Most Photographed Man of the 19th Century with Dr. John Stauffer and Dr. Zoe

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Public Program HighlightsNantucket

MAAH Music Concert Series

In May, the Museum reignited the MAAH Music concert series on Nantucket featuring live performances in the African Meeting House and continued the tradition of showcasing musical talent from around the region. Hosted by Kathy and Neville Richen, Jazz After Sunset returned with four popular musicians: Nigel Goss (bass), ECliff Graves (drums), Aidan Sherry (guitar), and Jason Sullivan (guitar). The series continued on the last Sunday of every month through September.

Lectures, Book Signings, ConversationsSpriggs Lecture: Dr. Craig Steven Wilder on Race, Slavery, and the Ivy LeaguesDr. Wilder presented a lecture based off his critically acclaimed book Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities. He shared insights on the uncomfortable truths about race, slavery, and the American academy, and spoke about the history of oppression behind the institutions usually considered the cradle of liberal ideas.

Other public programs on Nantucket included:

• Honoring the Life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with Dr. William Roberts • A Portrayal of Absalom Boston with Neville Richen • Remembering Women through Architecture & Preservation with Marsha Fader • Invisible: A Memoir of Reverend William B. Oliver with C.E. Soule • Florence Higginbotham’s Kitchen Tour


OUR INSTITUTIONAL FUNDERS

With GratitudeThe Museum is grateful for gifts from its corporation, foundation, organization, and government supporters whose generosity during 2014 and 2015 funds our annual educational and public programs, the preservation of our historic sites, and general operations.

Amelia Peabody Charitable FundAmerican Express FoundationBank of AmericaBarr FoundationBloomberg PhilanthropiesBlue Hills BankBoston Cultural CouncilBunker Hill Community CollegeButler’s Hole FundClipper Ship FoundationCogan Family FoundationCommonwealth of MassachusettsCummings FoundationEastern BankEntergyHighland Street FoundationInstitute of Museum and Library ServicesJohn Hancock Financial Services, Inc.Klarman Family FoundationMass Civil War Sesquicentennial CommissionMassachusetts Cultural CouncilMassachusetts Cultural Facilities FundMayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism & Special EventsNantucket Community Preservation CommitteeNational Center for Race AmityThe National Park ServiceOne World CuisineSuffolk UniversityTupancy-Harris FoundationTwelfth Baptist Church, Inc.Unitarian Church of Nantucket


OUR INDIVIDUAL DONORS AND MEMBERS

Thank YouThe Museum is grateful for our individual donors and members who make generous annual gifts up to $5,000. Their loyal and continuous support of our educational and public programs, historic sites, and general operations sustains our work.

Jonathan Abbott and Shari MalynJohn Achatz and Mary FarrellLevi and Jeanne AdamsBeverly Adams-VanlandinghamCecil AdderleyPaul and Evelyne AlexanderMuhammad Ali-SalaamNicole AljoeIrving and Betty AllenKim AlleyneRebecca Alleyne-HoltzclawRobert AllisonAmy AnthonyShoshana AraiLaura ArmsteadShrada AtkinsGilberto AtkinsonYalem AyalewCraig BaileyKrystal BanfieldGaurdia Banister and Paul SmithPamela BanksEvelyn BarbeeSibylle BarlowByron and Kathleen BarnettLorraine BarraBrenda BarrettEdward and Anne BarronLawford BaxterCaroline BaysRobert BealDavid Beck and Gregory Van BovenPatricia BecklesHenry BectonMichael Bennett

Katherine BensonLawrence BentleyElaine BernardJane BestorM. Wyllis BibbinsJudy Ann BigbyD’Mon BillsPauline BilskyDel Brook BinnsDonna BivensEdward and Sandra BlackmanJuliet BlancoKevin and Deborah Block-SchwenkBarry Bluestone and M.E. ColtenIrwin BlumerRobert and Bundy BoitMargot Botsford and Stephen RosenfeldWendell BourneBeth BowerJane BowersKerry BowieLinda BowmanDarryl BoykinsDean BransonLise BreenAnthony BrewerHeidi BrooksJohn BrothersLeonard and Cheryl BrownEdgar and Clara BrownGeorge BrownHenry and Melinda BrownMichele Courton Brown and Philip BrownRichard Brown

Thabiti BrownVanessa BrownYvonne BrownMarie-Therese BrowneWayne and Jacqui BuddAnita Burke JohnsonBob and Barbara BurkhamRichard and Nonnie BurnesDorothy BurnhamMargaret Burnham and Max SternThelma BurnsJonathan BushDeborah BusseyCherie ButtsLynne Byall BensonMatthew CaldwellFrank CampbellAngeleen CampraBettina CarbonellStephen and Candance CarrWilliam and Wendy CarterMaud Carter-FischerLori CatallozziFay ChandlerDouglas CharronDaniel and B. L. ChaseMary ChristieJustina ChuKelley ChunnDavid and Ann CioffiDorothy ClarkGrace ClarkH. Edward ClarkPhillip and Cassandra Clay



Thank YouJohn CoburnJames CofieldSherdena CofieldJohn Cogan and Mary CornilleGraham Colditz and Pat CoxDavid ColemanLisa ColemanAnn ColesAddie Collins JohnsonDan ConnellThomas CorcoranPatricia CostelloWilliam and Stacy CowanAndrea CoxEdye and Alfred CoxGeorge CoxAmelia CrawfordJulie Crockford and Sheridan HainesAdelaide CromwellStephen Crosby and Helen StriederHenry and Claudette CrouseNancy CrowderTed CutlerBeth DanescoAlice DanielGuy and Caroline DarstDanese DavisJohn and Diane DavisMarilyn DayDenise De MurcieBooker De VaughnCarol DeaneJosephson DelpecheDean DennistonBooker DevaughnMichelle DhandaPriscilla DicksonLoretta Dixon

Paul and Susan DonahueSusan DonnellyRichard DonohoPriscilla DouglasJohn DouhanMargaret DownesRose DownesAlisa DraytonMichael and Katherine DukakisBob and Nancy EarsyPaul EarsyCabot and Ruby EastonSally EbelingAisha EdwardsWendy ElliottSarah EllisNicole EthridgeMarjorie EureAlice EvansPamela Everhart and Karl CoiscouHugh FendersonRose Fennell and Terri NeufeglisePaul and Mary FernandesCarmen Fields and Lorenz FinisonKarl FinisonLawrence and Atsuko FishLen Fishman and Susan SchnurNewell FlatherRob FlaxCarole FlinkSandy FrancisMarilyn FrankensteinElmer and Carlene FreemanOla FridayBenjamin and Barbara FriedmanLeslie FrohringBernard and Carol FulpDavid and Loretta GarrisonFrank and Janet Garrison

Janet GarrisonFrank GazzolaMarcy Gefter and Thomas LembergSusan GibellanRoland GibsonAdrian GillardF. GillardJohn GillisKenneth GilmartinVincent GiovannucciRobert GittensDavid and Marilyn GlaterWilliam GlatfelterRobyn GloverEdward and Despy GoldbergPamela Goldstein and Michael GefersMatthew and Dolores GoodeAshe GordonLucinda GorryAnne GradyFrederic and Barbara GrantR. GrantMark GrayAvi GreenKenneth GreenbergNicholas and Marjorie GrevilleEdith GriffinEthan GriffinLynette Glover Griffin and Leslie Skip GriffinNancy GriffinTonya GrimesMichael GroganAlan and Jacqueline GropmanElizabeth HainesFrankie and Mary HallGloria HallDoug Hammerstrom and Diane Harris



Thank YouMargaret HammondDennis HannoEllen HardeWinnifred HardingChandraleela HarringtonKevin HarrisLeslie and Beverly HarrisRick HarrisWesley HarrisNicole HarrisonRon Harris-WhiteDaphne HarwoodLucy HaskinsKeitha HassellJacquelyn HawkinsJacquelyn HawkinsonBeverly Hector-SmithHerman HemingwayGalen Henderson and Vanessa BrittoSean HennesseyBrent and Minnie HenryVickie HenryJill HerbertLinda Marinda Heywood-Thornton and John ThorntonEvelyn HigginbothamCurdina HillNancy Hill and Rendall HowellHoward and Carol HillmanBetty HillmonGeraldine HinesBrenda HiteWilliam HobbsArthur and Eloise HodgesKermit and Phyllis HollidayWinslow HolmanJanice HooverJames and Lois HortonPatricia Horwitz

Shareda HoseinJulian and Susan HoustonPamela HowardJames Hoyte and Norma DinnalEric HunterCarol Hurd GreenSegun IdowuNicole IfillRoderick Ireland and Alice AlexanderWoody and Elizabeth IvesArlyne JacksonEric and Linda JacksonJonathan and Elizabeth James-PerryPhyllis JaneyJackie Jenkins-Scott and James ScottWalter JenningsShirley JobeBonnie JohnsonCecily JohnsonLloyd JohnsonRobyn JohnsonWillard and Vivian JohnsonTravis Johnson-BallCharla JonesHubie and Katherine JonesJacqueline JonesLeslie JonesMimi JonesRoberta Jones-BookerCarolyne Lamar Jordan and Lawrence JordanLarry and Myechia JordanBeth Kantrowitz and Ben ScheindlinStephen KantrowitzVusama KaribaPaul and Linda KaroffVicki KaufmanHattie KeaNancy Kelley

Martin and Marion KilsonJonathan KindronElaine KordisPaul KosakElmer and Shirley KountzeThomas and Katherine KushJoan La CossDavid and Joan LandonJohn and Ann LandryMichealle LarkinsSara Lawrence-LightfootGene and Katherine LeeHenry and Joan LeeDorothy LeefDavid LeinbachCharles LeoneyIlene LernerVincent LicenziatoSerge LimontasJeanette and Christine DraperMarcia Lloyd and Daniel ShannonBarbara LoatmanChristopher and Pamela LohmannBayard LoveAnne Lovett and Stephen WoodsumJeff and Angie LoweCharlot LucienBessie LymanSusan LyonNancy MacmillanMaria MadisonCarole Marcacci and Eric HilferTemba MarqubelaAnita MartinDarla MartinJamiese MartinJoan MartinMary MartinRalph Martin and Deborah Scott



Thank YouPamela MasonRudy Abigail Kimberly MathieuKevin MatthewsFrances MattocksKaren MaundElizabeth MayerJames McCarthy and Magda GhanmaTimothy McCarthyDonna McDanielJudith McDonoughJames and Yvonne McFarlandPeter McGheeCherie McGillRichard McGregoryJames and Sarah McIntoshMargaret McKinneyMelvin McKinneyKim McLaurinTamara McNeillThomas and Elaine MeisenzahlRichard and Ronay MenschelAnn Merrifield and Wayne Clifford DavisCharles Merrill and Julie BoudreauxMarie MetoyerJeffrey Marshall Millett and Mariana San MartinFrancine MillsRachel MiselmanRobert MitchellClark MoellerJames and Joy MorrisKeith and Angela MotleyMarzuq Muhammad and Mary AlexandreBarbara MundenWilliam Murrell

Victoria NadelMarva NathanCamille NelsonJames and Judith DildayPeter and Ruth NicholasWendy Nicholas DorseyStephen NolanGlenavie NortonDiana NugentFemi and Nicole ObiCharles and Pamela OgletreeAnne OlsonJean OlsonRobert and Lorraine OlsonFrederick OpieManuel OrtegaEdward and Maureen OwensPeter OwensRobert and Elizabeth OwensAustinea PalmerPaula ParisSheila ParksRodney and Denise PatmonRuth PattersonClara PayneM. Lee PeltonJ.H. Daingerfield and Constance PerryBetsy PetersonJulia PetipasKevin PhelanBecky PierceChester PierceRebecca Pierce and Mike ProkoschJeanette PinaEdward Pinkus and Gail BanksWilliam and Lia PoorvuEdward PostRobert and Elizabeth Pozen

Harold and Frances PrattBruce PriceImelda PricePaula PriceStacy PringleChristine PurcellGlendora PutnamShiela Record-StanleySharon ReddTyrone ReedCarol ReidRichard and Nancy ReynoldsJames and Corine RiceJudy RichardsonNeville and Kathy RichenClinton Richmond and Suzanne FederspielRebecca RidleyValerie RobersonKay RobertsMia RobertsEileen RobertsonJohn RobinsonTeresa RodriguezEleanor RoselliniJonathan and Lorraine RosesMichael and Karen RotenbergRebecca RowleyRaymond RowntreeByron Rushing and Frieda GarciaMacey Russell and Roberta GoganianGreg Sabine and Marian Adam PaushClayton Samuels and Aisha Francis-SamuelsHelen Samuels and Greg AndersonAdda Santos-SmithThaleia SchlesingerSteve and Anne SchmittKenneth and Cynthia Scott



Thank YouBert Seager and Renee LothHelen SeagerJohn SearsHorace SeldonDarryl and Lisa SettlesNancy SevrensSharif SharifLinda SharpeGilda Sharpe EttehJane ShawSarah-Ann ShawAnne SheetzGreg and Michelle ShellAndrea ShellmanRoger SheppardJane ShermanPaul ShermanStephanie ShieldsRichard and Jennifer SiegelTherese SignaigoNoah Gardner and Keyanna Silverman-MaddoxHelaine SimmondsGracelaw SimmonsSylvia SimmonsDavid SmikleDavid SmithJean SmithLois Anne SmithRobert and Elizabeth SmithSidra SmithDavid and Mary SmoyerPeter SnoadRoger Snow and Harron EllensonRichard and Marcia SodenVeronica SolomonCharles and Elna SouleHelen SoussouMarie SpiveyWendy Stansbury-O’Donnell

Joanna StarrMadeleine SteczynskiMichele SteinbergJody SteinerJerry and Dorrett StephensonSylvia Stevens-Edouard and Chelinde EdouardDebbie Stevens-WrightJames and Cathy StoneTracy StrainBarbara StrellLavert StuartCharles and Linda SullivanMargaret SullivanJim SulzerJames SumnerElwin and Rebecca SykesLucille TaittBenjamin and Katherine TaylorDaniel and Karen TaylorTilly TeixeiraMichael and Annlinnea TerranovaAlthea TerrellWilliam and Susan ThompsonMary TiseoLisa ToddCynthia ToomerSteve TriplettDonald TuckerLouis TuckerEdward and Haroldine TylerIrma Tyler-WoodSandra Urie and Frank HerronAnne Louise Van NostrandJoseph VeraPeeranut VisetsuthJames VrabelJeptha WadeSusan WagnerCharles E. Walker, Jr. and Patricia Elam-Walker

Edith WalkerRichard C. Walker, IIIDeborah WashingtonMilton and Nancy WashingtonKristin WatersMichael WatkinsRoslyn WatsonKathleen WeilerGeorge WeinAustin WertheimerAugustus and Anita White, IIIChayla WhiteSherry WhiteCarolyn WhitingMaxwell and Sylvia WhitingBonni Widdoes and Terry DangelWillie WidemanBennie and Flash WileyElizabeth WilkinsonCheryl WilliamsLillian WilliamsLoretta WilliamsPreston and Constance WilliamsLouis and Alona WilsonJoan Wilson-GodeauMartella Wilson-TaylorMarilyn WiseGabriel WishikHeather WishikJohn WoffordYvonne WolfJared WollastonBarbara WootenRenee Wormack-KeelsPaul and Judith WrightDiana WylieDonald and Mary YacovoneJoyce YaffeeMary YeatonJoyce ZarinsAlex Zauderer


StaffAND CONSULTANTS

Interim Executive DirectorMarita Rivero

Boston and Nantucket StaffJulie Burleigh, Grants OfficerNancy Cao, Donor Relations Manager L’Merchie Frazier, Director of Education and InterpretationSamantha Gibson, Manager of Education and InterpretationChandra Harrington, Collections ManagerSuzana Haxhiaj, AccountantArlene Hobson, Senior Director of Finance and AdministrationDaphanie Iglehart, Digital Content AssociateCara Liasson, Collections AssociateAmy Lowe, Development AssociateLynn DuVal Luse, Director of Marketing and ProgrammingTobias Major, Museum Services AssociateKimal McCarthy, Nantucket ManagerDiana Parcon, Director of Capital Improvements and Facility OperationsEsther Pascal, Museum Store AssociateLori Smith-Britton, Senior Development Officer

ConsultantsLois Brown, ScholarMarcia Fader, ArchitectCheryl LaRoche, ScholarGina LaRoche, Seven Stones LeadershipKarl Wirka, KublerWirka

Historical Photo Credits: Herbert Collins Collection, Trustees of the Boston Public Library Rare Books


Become a Corporate Member

Beacon Hill Sponsor $10,000• Named sponsor of a public program hosted by your CEO• Private exhibit tour with Museum Director• 25% discount on rental• A speaker with priority scheduling, including for Black History Month• Employee Family Day• Special invitations to private functions for executives• Logo on website• All other benefits listed below

Nantucket Partner $5,000• Special invitations to Museum programs and private functions• A tailored workshop, presentation, or event• 25% reduction in fee for a speaker• Priority scheduling for rental space• Employees and students receive free admission with valid I.D.• All other benefits listed below

Smith Court Associate $2,500• 40 single-use general admission passes• Listing on one education or public program• 10% discount Museum Store purchases• Special invitations to programs for Executives• Listing and company link on sponsor page of website

For more details on how to become a corporate member, please visit https://maah.ejoinme.org/corpmembership or email Lori Britton at [email protected].


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