The Revolutionary War would transform the neighborhood from a lush and fertile farming community into a muddy battle-scarred military camp with forts on every hilltop.
She will be presenting "Genesis of Blackness in the Americas: Santo Domingo, A Passport to Black Caribbean Culture and Identity," a conversation about the first Blacks to arrive in the Caribbean and how Santo Domingo, or La Española, played a key role as the main port of entry for the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Join us for DFM’s Talking About Race Matters virtual lecture series with Dr. Yalidy Matos, Associate Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, as she presents her newest research, Living Afro-Latina Lives: An Afrodiasporic Feminist Approach to Understanding Political Consciousness.
Symposium "Collecting Goya in America, 1875 – 2025" at The Hispanic Society Museum & Library
A little more than a century ago, the ridgeline above the Hudson was crowned with massive brick and stone institutions—places built to isolate, reform, or simply hide away those whom the city preferred not to see.
For this special version of our virtual program, we will stream live from the Morris-Jumel Mansion, with a special guest moderator, Curator and Cultural Historian John Reddick interviewing Evelyn Neal on her family’s experience as neighbors of the Morris-Jumel Mansion during the Civil Rights and Black Arts Movement.
