Activities
Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America – A joint exhibition at the African American Museum and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. (September)
The Colored Girls Museum, in Philadelphia (Germantown) – “A memoir museum that honors the stories, experiences and history of the ordinary colored girl”. (May)
Group visit/tour at CityTeam
Individual visits to deliver clothing and help sort clothes and/or prepare food baskets
Cornerstone Christian Academy Work Days
Chester County History Center Events
• “For the Union” tour
• Underground Railroad tour
• Kennett Square Historic Black Community self-guided walking tour
• Rev. Anderson Porter speaking event
• Met with Malcolm Johnstone of Chester County Cultural Alliance
Harriet Tubman Museum in Cape May, New Jersey
African-American Mural Arts Walking Tour, Philadelphia
Valley Forge National Historical Park to see African-American Patriots’ monument and newly dedicated wayside panels.
Mount Zion AME Church and cemetery in Devon. To see Pennsylvania Historic Marker that was installed in November 2020, and recognize church’s great work in bringing civil rights history to light in Tredyffrin Township.
Driving tour of Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad byway in Dorchester County, Maryland.
September
Brandywine River Museum – Andrew Wyeth exhibit of his paintings of the African American community of Chadds Ford – childhood friends and neighbors. December
Thurgood performance at Peoples Light Theatre. March
Museum of the American Revolution guided tour and exhibit – Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia. Result of our reading The Grimkes.