Ida B. Wells

A Permanent Accusation: Art Confronts Lynching and Other Acts of Inhumanity

Wednesday January 30, 7pm A Permanent Accusation: Art Confronts Lynching and Other Acts of Inhumanity Moonstone Arts Center, 110A S. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, 215-735-9600 Art, in all its forms, is powerful. Poems and music, paintings and dance make us feel as well as think. Art produces the “affect,” the internalized feeling and emotional …

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A Discussion on Ida B. Wells with John Bracey, Paula Giddings & Sonia Sanchez

Thursday January 31, 2013, 7pm A Discussion on Ida B. Wells with John Bracey, Paula Giddings & Sonia Sanchez District 1199C Philadelphia Headquarters, 1319 Locust St, Philadelphia, PA 19107, 215-735-1300 No lectures, no scripts, just three amazing, intelligent people discussing an ancestor, a “shero,” an inspiration and her relevance to today. Do you know how …

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The Continuum of Abuse: Slavery, Black Laws, Contract Labor, Jim Crow, Lynching, Prison/Industrial Complex, Death Penalty

Sunday February 3, 2013 – 2pm The Continuum of Abuse: Slavery, Black Laws, Contract Labor, Jim Crow, Lynching, Prison/Industrial Complex, Death Penalty Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia, 1906 S. Rittenhouse Square, 215-735-3456 How come executions in the 21st Century follow the same pattern that lynching did in the 19th Century?  It is significant that the …

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A Discussion with Mia Bay, Michael Coard and Linn Washington

Saturday January 26, 2013 – 7pm To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells A Discussion with Mia Bay, Michael Coard and Linn Washington  Moderated by Erica Armstrong Dunbar  Moonstone Arts Center, 110A S. 13th Street, second floor, 215-735 9600 Two historians, a lawyer and a journalist discuss Ida B. Wells and …

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To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells

Saturday January 26, 2013 – 10am To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells African American Museum in Philadelphia, 701 Arch Street, 215-574-0380 A Teacher Workshop with Mia Bay – Act 48 Credits are available Contact Melvin Garrison, 215-4000-5694, garrison@philasd.org Co-sponsored by the School District of Philadelphia’s Teaching American History Grant Program …

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