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Morris-Jumel Virtual Parlor Chat: The Life and Legacy of Constance Baker Motley

In celebration of Black History Month, we are proud to spotlight a trailblazer with an incredible legacy: Judge Constance Baker Motley. Her life was filled with triumphs and trials as she rose to be one of the most prominent figures in the American Judicial System. Hear her story from Constance Royster, Esq., Judge Motley’s niece, and learn why the likes of former Vice President Kamala Harris, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and co-founder of the World Institute on Disability Judith Heumann have all credited Motley as an inspiration and contributor to their success. Judge Motley’s New York City home was a short distance from the Morris-Jumel Mansion and she is a proud part of the Black history of the local community.

About Judge Constance Baker Motley: Constance Baker Motley was born in Connecticut in 1921. She received her undergraduate education at New York University (class of 1943) and her law degree from Columbia Law School (class of 1946). Her career began as a Civil Rights Attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, where she represented Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Freedom Riders, and other significant early Civil Rights activists in court. She also wrote the original complaint in the case of “Brown v. Board of Education” and was the first African-American woman to argue in front of the Supreme Court. Motley was also the first African-American woman to serve in the New York State Senate, the first woman to serve as Manhattan Borough President, and the first African-American woman to serve as a federal judge, presiding over many landmark cases during her tenure.

RESHEDULED – Dyckman Farmhouse: Bearing Witness: An Update on the Journey Toward Collaboration, Repair and Return at the Inwood Sacred Site and African Burial Ground

Bearing Witness: An Update on the Journey Toward Collaboration, Repair and Return at the Inwood Sacred Site and African Burial Ground

By Peggy King Jorde and Rachel Watkins

Thursday, August 29th at 6PM on the back porch at DFM

In Inwood until  the late 1800s, the Dyckman and Nagel family cemeteries remained with grave markings, enclosed by a fence, and appeared to be a well kept rural cemetery. A few hundreds yards away were unmarked graves of enslaved Africans. During rapid development in the early 20th century, the site was discovered in March of 1903, and again, no means of protection came for those buried in this hilly knoll, and the bodies were exhumed, examined, and stolen.

The location of the Inwood Sacred Site lies between today’s 211th and 212th Streets, between Broadway and 10th Avenue. Until recently, this block was occupied by various Auto Shops and P.S. 98 – Shorac Kappock’s faculty parking lot. The local community of Inwood is fighting to raise awareness and gain recognition of this sacred site that was sadly desecrated a century ago. Hear from the team behind the Inwood Sacred Site Memorial at this session of Back Porch History at the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum.

 

Dando testimonio: Una actualización sobre el viaje hacia la colaboración, la reparación y el regreso en el Sitio Sagrado de Inwood y el Cementerio Africano.

Por Peggy King Jorde y Rachel Watkins

Jueves 22 de agosto a las 6 PM en el porche de la casa histórica y museo Dyckman.

En Inwood hasta finales de 1800, los cementerios de las familias Dyckman y Nagel permanecieron con tumbas marcadas, protegidos por una valla y parecían ser cementerios rurales bien cuidados. A unos cientos de metros había tumbas sin marcas de africanos esclavizados. Durante el rápido desarrollo de la ciudad a principios del siglo XX, el sitio fue descubierto en marzo de 1903 y de nuevo, no llegó ningún medio de protección para los enterrados en esta colina. Los cuerpos fueron exhumados, examinados y robados.

La ubicación del Sitio Sagrado de Inwood se encuentra entre las calles 211 y 212, entre Broadway y 10th Avenue. Hasta hace poco, este bloque estaba ocupado por varios talleres mecánicos y el estacionamiento de la facultad de P.S. 98 – Shorac Kappock. La comunidad local de Inwood está luchando para crear conciencia y ganar reconocimiento de este sitio sagrado que fue profanado hace un siglo. Escuche al equipo detrás del Memorial del Sitio en esta sesión de Historia en la casa histórica y museo Dyckman.

“I Was Their Midwife”: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood on Seventeenth-Century Slave Ships

“I was their midwife”: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood on Seventeenth-Century Slave Ships

By Dr. Andrea Mosterman

August 28th at 12PM
VIRTUAL; FREE
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Ships are usually seen as masculine spaces, and slave ships are no exception. But as the slave voyages database shows, about a fourth of the captives transported on board seventeenth and eighteenth-century Dutch slavers were in fact women. In this presentation, I explore the experiences of women on board these slavers, paying special attention to pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood in these spaces.

 

“Yo Fui su Partera”: Embarazo, parto y maternidad en barcos de esclavos del siglo XVII.

Por la Dra. Andrea Mosterman

28 de agosto a las 12PM

VIRTUAL VÍA ZOOM

Los barcos son usualmente vistos como espacios masculinos y los botes que transportaban esclavos no eran la excepción. Pero las bases de datos de esclavizadores holandeses de los siglos XVII y XVIII demuestran que un cuarto de todos los esclavos transportados eran mujeres. En esta presentación exploro las experiencias de estas mujeres a bordo de estas naves, prestando atención especial al embarazo, parto y maternidad en estos espacios.

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