The Price of Silence

by | Jun 11, 2023

  Discussion after the screening with panelists Ricardo Khan, Rev. Dr. Forrest Prichett, and cast Kristal Langford, facilitated by Dr. Joy Barnes-Johnson. Screening is free; registration is required.

Juneteenth Film Screening: 12 Years a Slave (2013)

by | Jun 2, 2023

The true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man in 1800s New York who was kidnapped and forced into slavery on a plantation near New Orleans. Later, he fights for his freedom with the help of a Canadian abolitionist. 134 min. R-rated. Sponsored by the Friends of...

Reading: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

by | May 26, 2023

Community members read an amended version of Frederick Douglass’ influential speech, given on July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, to the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society. To register, please click on this Google form. The life and works of Frederick...

Slavery & Morven: A Community Listening Session

by | May 23, 2023

Historian Sharece Blakney presents unearthed stories of people enslaved by the Stockton family at Morven and other locations and invites input on future interpretation concepts at the Museum. In 2017, Morven Museum & Garden gathered a group of community members to...