Royall House & Slave Quarters
Feeding the Nation: Michael W. Twitty on American Foodways and the History of Enslavement
Virtual MAThe Royall House & Slave Quarters is co-sponsoring the online program "Feeding the Nation: Michael W. Twitty on American Foodways and the History of Enslavement." Michael Twitty — food writer, independent scholar, culinary historian and historical interpreter — is the author of the Afroculinaria blog and the book "The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary …
Abolitionists in Action: Transformative Justice and the University
Virtual MAThe Royall House & Slave Quarters is co-sponsoring the online program "Abolitionists in Action: Transformative Justice and the University." If abolition demands a world without police, prisons, or punishment, transformative justice is the organized effort to imagine and enact the structures that will take their place. This work is rooted in the movement to end …
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Royall House Spring Clean-up Day
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAIt's time for the annual spring clean-up on the grounds of the Royall House & Slave Quarters. Tasks will include general raking, weed pulling, and sprucing up of the property. Volunteers are asked to bring rakes, gloves, clippers and other gardening implements if you have them; if not, there will be some on hand. For …
Royall House Tours Opening Day
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAThe Royall House & Slave Quarters reopens today for its first full tour season since 2019. From today through Sunday, October 16, the museum will be open for guided tours at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday. Please note that capacity will be limited to 12 people per tour and attendance is …
Royall House Tours Closing Day
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAThe Royall House & Slave Quarters concludes its 2022 guided tour season today. Tours are offered on the hour at 1, 2, and 3 p.m. Capacity is limited to 12 people per tour and attendance is on a first come, first served basis. Also, to ensure the safety of guides and guests, all visitors are …
Royall House Fall Clean-up Day
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAThe Royall House & Slave Quarters invites volunteers to lend a hand at its annual Fall Garden Clean-Up. Grab your rakes (or use one provided) and join friends and neighbors for this fun work morning. It will be followed by a get-together to celebrate all the fabulous volunteers who helped make this season a success. …
Royall House Holiday Shopping Day
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAThe Royall House & Slave Quarters presents its popular Holiday Shopping Day, in the museum gift shop inside the Slave Quarters building. Among the products for sale will be handcrafted items like tumbled shard brooches and 18th-century games, toys and crafts; reenactor Tammy Denease's "Hidden Women" soaps, lovely bar soaps with labels featuring Belinda Sutton; …
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration: Creating the Change
West Medford Community Center 111 Arlington St., Medford, MAThe West Medford Community Center invites the community to its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration, “Creating the Change.” Come reflect on Dr. King’s teachings and on the meaning of a beloved community, creating positive change for our communities and addressing equity and equality for all. The program will include music, poetry, and conversation. …
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Remembering Belinda Sutton: Resistance, Activism, and Reparations
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAIn honor of this Black History Month's theme of Black Resistance, the Royall House & Slave Quarters is hosting a reading and discussion of Belinda Sutton's 1783 pension petition. In her 1783 petition to the Massachusetts General Court, Sutton recounted her life story and claimed a pension from the estate of Isaac Royall Jr. Her …
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Teaching White Supremacy: A Conversation with Donald Yacovone
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAThe Royall House and Slave Quarters presents an evening with historian Donald Yacovone, author of "Teaching White Supremacy: America's Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National Identity." In the book, Yacovone shows the clear evidence of white supremacy's deep-seated roots in our nation's educational system through an in-depth examination of America's wide assortment of …
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