Explore  the historical legacy of the Reconstruction Era and Freedmen's Bureau with a scholarly lecture by Dr. Chris Bonner, University of Maryland, College Park. This presentation will be followed by a demo of the Smithsonian Freedmen's Bureau Transcription Project with Quinton Gregory, University of Maryland, College Park. Christopher Bonner specializes in African American history, particularly […]

Join award-winning mother and son duo Carole and Jeffery Boston Weatherford for a Juneteenth Jamboree! Following a reading of Carole's book Juneteenth Jamboree and a talk about their ancestors, listen to interactive spoken word by Jeffery and learn how to make a corn husk doll. Instructions on how to make a corn husk doll will […]

This  Juneteenth Freedom Day Event is sponsored by imre.   Ever just wanted to break free? Join us onsite at the Lewis Museum to experience stories of liberation for the premier Short Kuts Live Storytelling Show. In honor of Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, we celebrate the date when Major General Granger and Union troops […]

In partnership with Kaiser Permanente, the first of three events will feature Hillary Beard, author of the adaptation The Burning: Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Massacre of 1921. Ms. Beard will discuss her new book adaption for youth. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the historical events that led to the destruction of […]

This program will be rescheduled in July 2021.  Please check back for new date. Join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in commemorating the first anniversary of the Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the death of George Floyd by joining the artists, Reggie Lewis, Jacob Patton Ado, Sara Austin and Philip West, who created the […]

Celebrate Juneteenth throughout June with virtual and onsite programming with the Lewis Museum and its community partners. More details to come. Annette Gordon-Reed will be in virtual conversation with Lawrence Jackson about her new book, On Juneteenth.  In partnership with the Enoch Pratt Library. In ON JUNETEENTH, Gordon-Reed combines her own scholarship with a personal […]

                  Join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in a  discussion with local Black trans leaders on the histories of grassroots organizing and activism for the entire TLGBQ community, as well as within the larger movement for Black liberation. Trans leaders will discuss the foundations of Black trans […]

Tell Our Story, A Tribute to Robert Houston is an assemblage of photographs and photographers whose narratives are grounded in compassion and empathy yet focused on contemporary social commentary.  As a grouping, the works share similar stories and methods chronicling a collective history. The exhibition is grounded in Houston’s sense of humanity as seen through […]

Brown Lecture Series: Candacy Taylor. Presented in partnership with the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Candacy Taylor will be in conversation with Jessica Bell Brown about her book, Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America. Candacy Taylor is an award-winning author, photographer and cultural documentarian. Her work has been featured in over 50 media outlets including […]

Join us for an artist talk of the latest exhibition, Tell Our Story: A Tribute to Robert Houston. This conversation moderated by museum Curator Carol Dyson will examine the works of photographer Robert Houston who documented the Civil Rights movement including the Poor People's Campaign and Resurrection City in Washington, DC along with the photographs […]