Works of art, and the visionaries who create them, are highlighted in this week's curated list of articles.

ART AND ARTISTS

Amid Debates Over Black History, a Park Stands For Truth and Reconciliation | Rolling Stone, April 2024


Faith Ringgold Perfecty Captured the Pitch of America's Madness | NY Times, April 2024


Afro-Cuban artist reimagines Renaissance art with Black people at the center | CNN Style, September 2023

UPCOMING EVENTS

Fireside Chat - Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape: Deep Roots, Continuing Legacy

Thursday, April 18 7:00 p.m. ET Virtual Event | Free Black Philadelphians have shaped the city's history since colonial times. In Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape, Amy Cohen recounts notable aspects of the Black experience in Philadelphia from the late 1600s to the 1960s a...

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Sanctuary Road - Princeton Pro Musica

May 5, 2024, 4:00 p.m.

Richardson Auditorium

Princeton University

A presentation of Sanctuary Road, from Pulitzer prize-winning composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell. A powerful retelling of the work of Underground Railroad conductor William Still and the stories of those he helped to find freedom.

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FRIENDS OF CEDAR VIEW

Memorial Day Wreath Laying

May 27, 2024, 2:00 p.m.

We welcome all families and friends to attend our annual Memorial Day Wreath Laying on Memorial Day, May 27th at 2 pm. Each year we have had the honor and pleasure of having the 3rd NJ Volunteer Infantry Civil War reenactors at our event. It is amazing to see them in action and they add so much to the event. We will have a couple of guest speakers and we will be presenting our former Board Member and well known Author, Rick Geffken with an award for his work with Cedar View Cemetery and The Friends of Cedar View. If you would like to be a sponsor for Memorial Day.   For a donation of  $100.00 or more, your name and organization/business will be added to the event program as a sponsor of the event. Please email me at our email address: friendsofcedarview@gmail.com  


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Humanities Education Rooted in Place - 2024 Workshop

When: Monday, June 24, 2024 - Thursday, June 27, 2024 Where: Princeton, New Jersey* Historical Society of Princeton Princeton Battlefield State Park Clarke House Museum Morven Museum and Garden D&R Canal Princeton University's Princeton Slavery Project Sites in Trenton, New Jersey* *Sites subject

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Save the Date!

The 8th Slave Dwelling Project Conference

The Illusion of Freedom: Slavery in the Northern States

October 3-5, 2024 • Philadelphia PA


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