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 Public ProgramsA wide variety of public programs are held throughout the year. For more information about events at the Museum see the MHT Calendar of Events or please call (410) 216-6186. Seaworthy Lecture by Commander Jim Jackson June 7, 2008, 1:00pm - 3:00pm NOTE NEW DATE Location: Banneker-Douglass Museum, 84 Franklin St., Annapolis, MD Free. Registration not required. Come hear guest curator Commander Jim Jackson speak on the exhibit Seaworthy which celebrates the 35 African American Navy Admirals. Commander Jackson will speak about African Americans in the Navy and at the US Naval Academy including Wesley Brown, the Naval Academy's first African American graduate. Commander Jim Jackson is a native of Kensington, Maryland. He attended college at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management. In 1977, he earned his wings as a Naval Flight Officer and has over 1,300 hours as an aircraft mission commander. He served in several flying assignments in the United States and in the countries of Iceland, Bermuda, Italy, and Spain. Brice House Archaeology Lecture May 22, 2008, 7:00pm - 8:30pm Location: Annapolis, MD Free. Registration not required. Archaeologist Alexandra Jones visits the museum to speak about the archaeological findings at Brice House and the connections between these objects and African American spiritual practices. Stay tuned for further details. TBN Book Club Inaugural Meeting May 31, 1:00pm - 3:00pm Location: Banneker-Douglass Museum, 84 Franklin St., Annapolis, MD Free. Registration strongly encouraged. To register, call 410.216.6187 or email BDMLib@mdp.state.md.us. Join BDM Librarian/Archivist Joni Jones for the first meeting of the To-Be-Named Book Club as they discuss the book The Sweeter the Juice: A Family Memoir in Black and White by Shirlee Taylor Haizlip. Book Club members will help to select a name for the club at this meeting. Review of The Sweeter the Juice from Publisher's Weekly "All America is in me," writes the author, whose heritage combines black, white and Indian forebears. Her effort to untangle her family history makes for an absorbing, if sometimes convoluted, American saga. Although Haizlip, who was born in 1937, grew up comfortably in Connecticut as the daughter of a Baptist minister, her mother's rejection by her own white father left an enduring wound on both mother and daughter. The author uses a rich mixture of records, interviews and memory to trace her family tree and along the way offers vignettes that illustrate America's historic racial divide: one white-looking relative became the first Washington, D.C., black police officer, albeit unbeknownst to the police department; an aunt living as a black denied her blood tie to her white-skinned niece to spare the young woman difficulties. Haizlip's own story includes satisfying, if isolated, years studying at Wellesley, her marriage to Harvard graduate student Harold Haizlip and subsequent integration into New York City life, and her search for her estranged maternal relatives. At the end, Haizlip, now living in Los Angeles, finds and attains an awkward reunion with her mother's "white" sister, who "had no colored memories at all." This memoir will confront readers with resonant questions about identity. Photos not seen by PW . Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. Click here for information from Amazon.com about The Sweeter the Juice: A Family Memoir in Black and White Seeking Liberty Evening Walking Tours Thursdays in June 2008, 6:00pm - 7:30pm Departing from Banneker-Douglass Museum, 84 Franklin St., Annapolis, MD 21401 $5.00/person, registration required For details, call 410.216.6186 or email BDMPrograms@mdp.state.md.us. Enjoy summer evenings in Annapolis with a walking tour of sites featured in the exhibit Seeking Liberty. Starting at the museum, the tour will travel to Reynolds Tavern, the Jonas Green Print Shop, Maynard Burgess House, Calvert House, and the Brice House. Come learn about the history of Annapolis and explore the city at the same time. Further details available soon. Please note this tour will cover approximately 1.6 miles. We Are Arabbersfilm screening June 21, 2008, 7:00pm Banneker-Douglass Museum, 84 Franklin St., Annapolis, MD 21401 $3.00/person, registration strongly encouraged For details, call 410.216.6186 or email BDMPrograms@mdp.state.md.us. We Are Arabbers follows the horse-and-wagon produce vendors along the streets of Baltimore as they struggle to make a living and maintain their unique culture. Once an integral part of society, hucksters, hawkers and peddlers distributed goods and services throughout the cities of America announcing their trade with a holler or song. Today, only a handful remain to share their moving stories, revealing their hidden network of back alley stables. Along this journey, we meet the old-timers, their contemporaries and customers, the Scottish ferrier, the Amish wheelwrights and the Mennonite harness-makers. The arabbers continue their heritage into the 21 st century. Do you know who they are? Do you know their history? We Are Arabbers film introduction Click here to learn where the term "Arabber" came from in an article from the Baltimore Sun.  School Programs2007-2008 School Programs Brochure  School Program Registration Form Guided exhibition tours are available for school classes free of charge. Tours may be customized to meet group needs. For more information or to register for a guided tour, please call (410) 216-6186 or send an email to the BDM Education Department. Other Sources of Information The Sylvette Newsletter Last updated: May 8, 2008 |