Join Ray Rickman for a walking tour of Historic Black Churches on College Hill. Free and open to the public. Registration required.
Join Cathy Little Bert and Ray Rickman for an Illustrated Talk and Pop-up Exhibit organized by Stages of Freedom. This special program will focus on the intersection of two Black Rhode Island artists: Warwick native, Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, sculptress and RISD's first graduate of color, and Providence's landscape artist, Edward Mitchell Bannister, the first artist […]
2018 marks the 150th Anniversary of Sissiretta Jones. As America's first Black opera superstar and a resident of Providence, Jones left an indelible mark on our city, the nation, and the world that is only now being recognized and appreciated. Stages of Freedom has organized a three day national celebration, June 7 - 9, in […]
2019 marks 400 years of slavery in America. Rhode Island was a major player in this vicious episode of our history, and also a leader in abolishing it. Breaking Chains tells this story through a series of events held from June 12 to June 15. Breaking Chains Event 1 Pulitzer Prize winning author David W. […]
2019 marks 400 years of slavery in America. Rhode Island was a major player in this vicious episode of our history, and also a leader in abolishing it. Breaking Chains tells this story through a series of events held from June 12 to June 15. Breaking Chains Event 2 “Disowning Slavery: Gradual Emancipation & Race […]
2019 marks 400 years of slavery in America. Rhode Island was a major player in this vicious episode of our history, and also a leader in abolishing it. Breaking Chains tells this story through a series of events held from June 12 to June 15. Breaking Chains Event 3 Join the Schiller Boston Community Chorus […]
2019 marks 400 years of slavery in America. Rhode Island was a major player in this vicious episode of our history, and also a leader in abolishing it. Breaking Chains tells this story through a series of events held from June 12 to June 15. Breaking Chains Event 4 "A Living History Walking Tour of […]
Join Stages of Freedom for a lively discussion on Charles Rappleye's compelling book about the famed Brown Brothers of Providence and the slave trade. View a pop-up exhibit on a newly discovered 1763 letter from John Brown about the purchase of a "negro" woman and child. Free. Registration required. Limited to the first 30 registrants.
The Imperative of Integration: A Virtual Conversation with Elizabeth Anderson, America's Foremost Philosopher More than forty years have passed since Congress enacted sweeping antidiscrimination laws in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. In 2008, we elected the first African American president. Some […]
