Experience through live performance and historic insight how five Black women lived and worked on Benefit Street, shaped racial discourse, achieved personal excellence, and inspired the world. Space is limited, register by clicking here.
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.
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 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 […]
