Free admission all day Saturday, June 18th. There will be a performance and second line processional by St. Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band, an authentic New Orleans traditional jazz funeral and Mardi Gras marching band, and two virtual talks that can be accessed from anywhere (the talk by historian and author Daina Ramey Berry will also be projected at MoAD that day), + more...
Special programs that day:
12noon-1pm (virtual via Zoom -- register online)
Art As We See It: Artists Responding to Representation and Equality Paired with Music
In honor of Juneteenth, MoAD Docents present selected pairings of revolutionary art and music. MoAD invites you to join their informal conversation as they discuss history, context, imagery, and distinctive artistic expressions.
12noon-2pm (in-person)
St. Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band is an authentic New Orleans Traditional Jazz Funeral and Mardi Gras Marching Band. They will lead a second line processional and perform in MoAD's Salon
3pm-4pm (virtual via Zoom and projected in the MoAD Salon)
Professor Daina Ramey Berry - Juneteenth: A Day of Jubilee ?
Dr. Berry begins her history of Juneteenth at a time when African people lived in freedom in advanced and complex societies. She covers the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the development of the US economy built by slave labor and the centuries of Resistance by the enslaved before they were once again freed. She discusses how the enslaved recorded their reactions to their freedom and how it become an international day of Jubilee.?
?Daina Ramey Berry is the Oliver H. Radkey Regents Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin and the Chair of the History Department (the first person of color to take this role). Dr. Berry is a "scholar of the enslaved" and a specialist on gender and slavery as well as Black women's history in the United States. She is the award-winning author/editor of six books. Her most recent publication, A Black Women's History of the United States, co-authored with Kali Nicole Gross, is an empowering testament of Black women's ability to build communities in the face of oppression, and their continued resistance to systemic racism and sexism. Professor Berry completed her BA, MA, and PhD in African American Studies and U.S. History at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Image Credits:
First Image - St. Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band
Courtesy of St. Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band
Second Image - Professor Daina Ramey Berry will give a talk about Juneteenth
Courtesy of Daina Ramey Berry
show less
Special programs that day:
12noon-1pm (virtual via Zoom -- register online)
Art As We See It: Artists Responding to Representation and Equality Paired with Music
In honor of Juneteenth, MoAD Docents present selected pairings of revolutionary art and music. MoAD invites you to join their informal conversation as they discuss history, context, imagery, and distinctive artistic expressions.
12noon-2pm (in-person)
St. Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band is an authentic New Orleans Traditional Jazz Funeral and Mardi Gras Marching Band. They will lead a second line processional and perform in MoAD's Salon
3pm-4pm (virtual via Zoom and projected in the MoAD Salon)
Professor Daina Ramey Berry - Juneteenth: A Day of Jubilee ?
Dr. Berry begins her history of Juneteenth at a time when African people lived in freedom in advanced and complex societies. She covers the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the development of the US economy built by slave labor and the centuries of Resistance by the enslaved before they were once again freed. She discusses how the enslaved recorded their reactions to their freedom and how it become an international day of Jubilee.?
?Daina Ramey Berry is the Oliver H. Radkey Regents Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin and the Chair of the History Department (the first person of color to take this role). Dr. Berry is a "scholar of the enslaved" and a specialist on gender and slavery as well as Black women's history in the United States. She is the award-winning author/editor of six books. Her most recent publication, A Black Women's History of the United States, co-authored with Kali Nicole Gross, is an empowering testament of Black women's ability to build communities in the face of oppression, and their continued resistance to systemic racism and sexism. Professor Berry completed her BA, MA, and PhD in African American Studies and U.S. History at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Image Credits:
First Image - St. Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band
Courtesy of St. Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band
Second Image - Professor Daina Ramey Berry will give a talk about Juneteenth
Courtesy of Daina Ramey Berry
Free admission all day Saturday, June 18th. There will be a performance and second line processional by St. Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band, an authentic New Orleans traditional jazz funeral and Mardi Gras marching band, and two virtual talks that can be accessed from anywhere (the talk by historian and author Daina Ramey Berry will also be projected at MoAD that day), + more...
Special programs that day:
12noon-1pm (virtual via Zoom -- register online)
Art As We See It: Artists Responding to Representation and Equality Paired with Music
In honor of Juneteenth, MoAD Docents present selected pairings of revolutionary art and music. MoAD invites you to join their informal conversation as they discuss history, context, imagery, and distinctive artistic expressions.
12noon-2pm (in-person)
St. Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band is an authentic New Orleans Traditional Jazz Funeral and Mardi Gras Marching Band. They will lead a second line processional and perform in MoAD's Salon
3pm-4pm (virtual via Zoom and projected in the MoAD Salon)
Professor Daina Ramey Berry - Juneteenth: A Day of Jubilee ?
Dr. Berry begins her history of Juneteenth at a time when African people lived in freedom in advanced and complex societies. She covers the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the development of the US economy built by slave labor and the centuries of Resistance by the enslaved before they were once again freed. She discusses how the enslaved recorded their reactions to their freedom and how it become an international day of Jubilee.?
?Daina Ramey Berry is the Oliver H. Radkey Regents Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin and the Chair of the History Department (the first person of color to take this role). Dr. Berry is a "scholar of the enslaved" and a specialist on gender and slavery as well as Black women's history in the United States. She is the award-winning author/editor of six books. Her most recent publication, A Black Women's History of the United States, co-authored with Kali Nicole Gross, is an empowering testament of Black women's ability to build communities in the face of oppression, and their continued resistance to systemic racism and sexism. Professor Berry completed her BA, MA, and PhD in African American Studies and U.S. History at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Image Credits:
First Image - St. Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band
Courtesy of St. Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band
Second Image - Professor Daina Ramey Berry will give a talk about Juneteenth
Courtesy of Daina Ramey Berry
read more
Special programs that day:
12noon-1pm (virtual via Zoom -- register online)
Art As We See It: Artists Responding to Representation and Equality Paired with Music
In honor of Juneteenth, MoAD Docents present selected pairings of revolutionary art and music. MoAD invites you to join their informal conversation as they discuss history, context, imagery, and distinctive artistic expressions.
12noon-2pm (in-person)
St. Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band is an authentic New Orleans Traditional Jazz Funeral and Mardi Gras Marching Band. They will lead a second line processional and perform in MoAD's Salon
3pm-4pm (virtual via Zoom and projected in the MoAD Salon)
Professor Daina Ramey Berry - Juneteenth: A Day of Jubilee ?
Dr. Berry begins her history of Juneteenth at a time when African people lived in freedom in advanced and complex societies. She covers the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the development of the US economy built by slave labor and the centuries of Resistance by the enslaved before they were once again freed. She discusses how the enslaved recorded their reactions to their freedom and how it become an international day of Jubilee.?
?Daina Ramey Berry is the Oliver H. Radkey Regents Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin and the Chair of the History Department (the first person of color to take this role). Dr. Berry is a "scholar of the enslaved" and a specialist on gender and slavery as well as Black women's history in the United States. She is the award-winning author/editor of six books. Her most recent publication, A Black Women's History of the United States, co-authored with Kali Nicole Gross, is an empowering testament of Black women's ability to build communities in the face of oppression, and their continued resistance to systemic racism and sexism. Professor Berry completed her BA, MA, and PhD in African American Studies and U.S. History at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Image Credits:
First Image - St. Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band
Courtesy of St. Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band
Second Image - Professor Daina Ramey Berry will give a talk about Juneteenth
Courtesy of Daina Ramey Berry
show less
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