This lecture and short walking tour highlight the Black community in 1913 Germantown, as documented in Baugh’s ‘souvenir” booklet published on the 50th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Learn about
Event Details
This lecture and short walking tour highlight the Black community in 1913 Germantown, as documented in Baugh’s ‘souvenir” booklet published on the 50th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Learn about clergy, contractors, small business owners, medical professionals, and others who formed the core of the neighborhood’s civic leadership. See some of the churches, homes, and other physical evidence of the African American community on the eve of the Great Migration.
Duration: 90 minutes
Cost/Registration: FREE, Registration Required
Presented by: Tuomi Forrest, Executive Director of Historic Germantown, and Supreme Divine-Dow, Executive Director of the Black Writers Museum
Start Point: Meet at the entrance to the Black Writers Museum, Historic Vernon House inside of Vernon Park, along front steps
End Point: Tour concludes at the Black Writers Museum with light refreshments & tour of galleries
