Using Art, Architecture and Artifacts in the Social Studies Classroom

One and half hour mini-institute for educators demonstrates innovative arts integration resources that inspire participating educators in utilizing contemporary visual art, poetry, music and other ideas help to reinforce lessons in the social studies classroom. Mini-institute will be facilitated by Annie Ruth.

For more information or to RSVP contact Kieli Ferguson at 513.333.7570 or kferguson@nurfc.org.

Dramatic Readings with Deondra Means

Come listen to Cincinnati Children's Theater member Deondra Means as he enlivens some of our favorite children's stories. Free with admission.

Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice documents the dramatic life and turbulent times of the pioneering African American journalist, activist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader of the post-Reconstruction period. Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison reads selections from Wells' memoirs and other writings in this winner of more than 20 film festival awards.

Film screening is free; to tour the Freedom Center you must purchase admission. For more information about this and other programming, please contact Katie Johnson at kjohnson@nurfc.org. Reservations preferred but not required; contact 513-333-7705.

Community Forum: Women of the Anti-Lynching Movement

In honor of Women’s history month, the Freedom Center will host a forum that discusses the Heroines of the Anti-Lynching movement and the impact that women had during this period of time.

For more information contact Charles Davis at 513.333.7528 or cdavis@nurfc.org.

Dramatic Readings with Deondra Means

Come listen to Cincinnati Children's Theater member Deondra Means as he enlivens some of our favorite children's stories. Free with admission.

Shawn Michelle Smith: “On Lynching Photography”

Why do we look at lynching photographs? What is the basis for our curiosity, rage, indignation, or revulsion? In her book, art historian Dora Apel and the American Studies scholar Shawn Michelle Smith examine lynching photographs as a way of analyzing photography's historical role in promoting and resisting racial violence. They further suggest how these photographs continue to affect the politics of spectatorship. In her presentation, Ms. Smith will chart the history of lynching photographs—their meanings, uses, and controversial display—and offer terms in which to understand our responsibilities as viewers and citizens.

Survivor Soulmates

Community Partnership Council – Partnered Program with Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education

Holocaust survivor David Gewirtzman and Rwandan survivor Eugenie Mukeshimana will speak about their unique experiences. While differences abound, they share how connected they feel to one another. Together they explore the continuation of genocide in the aftermath of the Holocaust. This program will take place at the Bellarmine Chapel at Xavier University.

Community Forum: Adolescent Male/Black on Black Violence: Identifying the Problems and the Solutions

This forum seeks to bring together various stakeholders in the Cincinnati community to address the possible effects the vestiges of the “Lynching Era” present in the African-American community. The themes covered will be: Is “Black on Black Violence” a myth?; Causes and Effects; Dehumanization; Impact of Race, Politics and Economics and ultimately solutions to this problem.

For more information contact Charles Davis at 513.333.7528 or cdavis@nurfc.org.

Dramatic Readings with Deondra Means

Come listen to Cincinnati Children's Theater member Deondra Means as he enlivens some of our favorite children's stories. Free with admission.

Banished

Racism in America has manifested itself in a grim variety of ways, and throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, it was hardly uncommon for communities to make African-Americans feel unwelcome outside of ghettos in the poorest side of town. However, some cities took a more aggressive stance against citizens of color, and a number went so far as to stage vigilante pogroms in which the entire black population would be forcibly expelled under threat of violence. Documentary filmmaker Marco Williams this hidden side of America's racial history in Banished, which focuses on four examples of primarily white communities rising up to force their African-American neighbors to flee, in incidents which took place in Texas, Missouri, Georgia, and Indiana between 1886 and 1923.

Film screening is free; to tour the Freedom Center you must purchase admission. For more information about this and other programming, please contact Katie Johnson at kjohnson@nurfc.org. Reservations preferred but not required; contact 513-333-7705.

Dramatic Readings with Deondra Means

Come listen to Cincinnati Children's Theater member Deondra Means as he enlivens some of our favorite children's stories. Free with admission.

Doria J. Johnson and Simeon Wright - “Bearing Witness: What are the Contemporary Reasons to Exhibit these Postcards?”

This panel will articulate why the legacy of lynching is a contemporary concern, why it is important to exhibit these postcards, and what can be done now to help the country acknowledge this ugly past. Doria J. Johnson is a great-great granddaughter of lynching victim Anthony Crawford and she brings her experiences as a member of the United States Senate Steering Committee that secured the historic 2005 apology for the history of lynching. She is currently a Ph.D. fellow in the History Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Simeon Wright is the cousin of Emmett Till and was with him when Till was kidnapped from his bed in the middle of the night and lynched. As an eyewitness to the infamous “whistle” that lies at the heart of Till's case, Mr. Wright has written extensively about his memories of that night, in an effort to correct public misconceptions about that day in 1955.

“We Are Here!” Children’s Concert

Community Partnership Council – Partnered Program

Composed by Phil Koplow, Professor Emeritus of music at Northern Kentucky University, the pieces in this concert are set to lyrics written by children in different ghettos and camps during the Holocaust. Performed by the Northern Kentucky University Youth Choir, the event promises to be educational and moving.

Sherrilyn Ifill, Professor & Author: On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the 21st Century

Professor Ifill is nationally recognized as an advocate in the areas of civil rights, voting rights, judicial diversity and judicial decision-making. Professor Ifill writes about the importance of judicial diversity and impartiality in judicial decision-making. Her articles about race, judging and judicial selection have led to Professor Ifill’s recognition as an expert on these subjects. She has appeared on NBC Nightly News as well as local network news broadcasts as a consultant and expert during recent Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Professor Ifill also writes about the history of racial violence and contemporary reconciliation efforts. Her book about truth and reconciliation commissions for lynching entitled, On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the 21st Century was released by Beacon Books in February 2007.

For more information about this and other programming, please contact Katie Johnson at kjohnson@nurfc.org. Reservations preferred but not required; contact 513-333-7705.

Dramatic Readings with Deondra Means

Come listen to Cincinnati Children's Theater member Deondra Means as he enlivens some of our favorite children's stories. Free with admission.