Celebrate the Kwanzaa holiday (December 26 - January 1) with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and the Eubie Blake Center along with their community partners with the following virtual activities. Register for each separate event to access the program. Join the Eubie Blake Center in an afternoon of specially curated presentations of poetry, author readings, […]

Join the Lewis Museum to recognize Maryland high school students who participated in the annual art show. This year’s artistic theme is inspired by the exhibition Make Good Trouble: Marching for Change currently on view at the Lewis Museum. This virtual program includes an artist talk with Will Watson, a spoken word presentation by Sahzez […]

Author Eddie S. Glaude  Jr. will talk about race today in America following the Trumpian era of shattered promises and white retrenchment. Mixing biography–drawn partially from newly uncovered interviews–with history, memoir, and trenchant analysis of our current moment, Begin Again is Glaude’s attempt, following Baldwin, to bear witness to the difficult truth of race. Eddie […]

Hear from Baltimore artists and activists whose work honors the legacy of Dr. King. The commemorative video also highlights past footage of Baltimore’s historic and beloved MLK parade.  Air date: January 17 on Charm TV (Comcast/Ch 25) and Livestreaming on charmtv.com. Check local listing for time. This program is part of The Art of Activism: […]

2020 ignited a cultural revolution of youth activism. In commemoration of Martin Luther King’s birthday, join us for a powerhouse conversation as panelists discuss issues and themes related to MLK’s legacy, inequality, and social injustices. Writer Lisa Snowden McCray will serve as moderator. Panelists include; Destini Philpot & Micaela Lattimer, Good Kids, Made City, Destinae […]

Join children’s illustrator Bryan Collier in a virtual presentation and reading on his latest children’s books.  All Because You Matter is a heart-lifting love letter to Black and brown children everywhere: reminding them how much they matter while Thurgood is an inspiring picture-book biography on  the first black justice on the Supreme Court and a […]

Join consultant and leadership coach Imani Chapman as she dives into the challenges and opportunities of raising an anti-racist child, from refining our own analysis of race to understanding the intersections between race and child-development. Click Here to Register. This is the third of three programs presented in partnership with the Jewish Museum of Maryland and Chizuk Amuno […]

While World War II was a boon to black workers, little is known about the nuanced, ongoing struggles for dignity and respect that black workers endured while working these “good, government jobs.” In this timely and critically important study, Frederick Gooding, Jr.’s meticulous research illuminates the understudied history of African American federal workers from World […]

Join us for a conversation about the life and legacy of Elijah Cummings between Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, book collaborator James Dale, and moderator Dr. Freeman Hrabowski. Presented in partnership with the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Part memoir, part call to action, We’re Better Than This is the story of our modern-day democracy and the […]

Join award-winning children's and young adult author Kwame Alexander as he discusses his books during a moderated Q&A conversation with kidlit pioneers Wade and Cheryl Willis Hudson. Presented in partnership with the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Share your questions before the event: https://forms.gle/8LRM22V4a7gYKNLX7 Register via Eventbrite to watch on Zoom or Facebook. In order to receive Zoom […]