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381 Days: The Montgomery Bus Boycott Story
Until January 3, 2010
This exhibition offers a gripping account of the men and women whose
non-violent approach to political and social change matured into a weapon
of equality for all.
381 Days: The Montgomery Bus Boycott Story was developed and organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the Troy University Rosa Parks Library and Museum. This exhibition has been made possible through the generous support of AARP. Sponsored in part by the Baltimore County Commission on Arts and Sciences.
Free with museum admission
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Sunday, November 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29; December 6, 13 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Film Showcase: The Civil Rights Era
The museum showcases Civil Rights films on Sundays in November. These films are inspired by the special exhibition, 381 Days: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Story.
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• November 1, 2009
Boycott: Montgomery, Alabama, 1955
• November 8, 2009
Let Freedom Sing and Freedom Song
• November 15, 2009
4 Little Girls
• November 22, 2009
American Experience - The Murder of Emmett Till
• November 29, 2009
Let Freedom Sing and Selma, Lord Selma
• December 6 and December 13, 2009
Let Freedom Sing |
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Friday, November 6, 7:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.
First Fridays
As an area favorite, saxophonist Major Boyd and the Major Notes will have you dancing in your seats!
$15 members, $20 non-members
Includes drinks and light fare
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Saturday, November 7, 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
“Get On the Bus” from D.C. to Baltimore
The museum hosts a bus trip from Washington D.C.’s Busboys & Poets to visit the 381 Days: The Montgomery Bus Boycott Story exhibition. Participants will tour the Civil Rights exhibition and participate in a talk with Marquette Folley,
Smithsonian project director.
Price includes transportation, museum admission, a continental breakfast and lunch. For more information, contact 443-263-1829. The bus departs from Busboys & Poets in Washington, D.C. on 14th and V at 10 a.m.
Trip cost, $35
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Saturday, November 7, 2 p.m.
Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln with John Stauffer
Join Harvard University professor John Stauffer as he traces the history of two of America’s seminal figures of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave from Maryland’s Eastern Shore, and Abraham Lincoln, who led the nation during one of America’s most challenging eras. For more information, call 443-263-1816.
Free with museum admission
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Saturday, November 14, 11 a.m. – Noon
Technology for Kids: Vex Robotics
Children will celebrate Benjamin Banneker’s birthday by learning about robotics. This program is presented by the Career Communications Group, Inc., a company that promotes technology careers to minorities. For children age 9 and older. To register, call 443-263-1829.
Free with museum admission
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Saturday, November 21, 1 p.m.
A Question of Freedom by R. Dwayne Betts
Maryland based author, R. Dwayne Betts, discusses his latest book: A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison.
A book signing will follow the discussion.
To register, call (443) 263-1827.
Free program, no museum admission required
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Saturday, November 21, 2 p.m.
Poetry Reading with The Black Writers Guild of Maryland
The Black Writers Guild of Maryland presents poetry in honor of Civil Rights activists who participated in the Montgomery Bus Boycott during the 1950s. Poetry readings will take place in the special exhibition, 381 Days: The Montgomery Bus Boycott Story.
Free with museum admission
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Saturday, November 28, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Story Hour: Aunt Flossie’s Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
Children will hear a story about two little girls visiting their great-great-aunt Flossie who shares stories about her hat collections. Each hat tells a different story of a historical event in Baltimore. Children will create their own hats following the reading.
Free with museum admission
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