The Frederick Douglass Honor Society in partnership with the Talbot County Office of Tourism, have convened a committee of over 35 community organizations and churches to plan for a yearlong schedule of events to celebrate and honor the 200th birthday of Frederick Douglass and to highlight for our community and especially young people, his legacy, values and inspirational messages that is still resilient today.
January 2018
9th
Talbot County Council and the Town of Easton proclamation to declare the Year 2018 “Honor Frederick Douglass – An American Hero and Our Native Son.”
18th
National Historic Preservation Alliance will sponsor Living History Interpreter
Bill Grimmette at Waugh United Methodist Church in Cambridge, Maryland
“The Honorable Mr. Douglass returns home to Tuckahoe Creek”
Free admission
February 2018
3rd 11:30-1:00 pm:
Chesapeake College
Black History Luncheon, the Chesapeake College Multicultural Advisory Committee in partnership with The Frederick Douglass Honor Society Celebrates Black History Month.
Guest speaker – Simeaka Melton, Queen Anne’s County Native and Founder, of Dear Girls Academy, Inc.
For ticket information go to: http://www.chesapeake.edu/black-history-month-2018
5th Noon:
Talbot County Free Library – St. Michaels
Brown Bag program: “500 Years of African-American History”, using the magic carpet of original newspapers dating from the 17th through the 21st centuries, Dr. Stephen Goldman transports you through 500 Years of African-American history. Coffee and dessert will be provided.
7th 5:30 pm:
Panel Discussion
Black History of Talbot County at Oxford Community Center sponsored by John Wesley Preservation Society and African American Museum.
10th 8 – 10 am:
Prayer Breakfast
The Milestone (Sponsored by Frederick Douglass Honor Society)
- Speaker – Pastor Clarence Wayman
- Master of Ceremony – Dale Green
- Music provided by John Wesley Wright (Salisbury University)
10th 4 – 6 pm:
Joy Night @ Union Baptist Church (Talbot County Branch of the NAACP)
University of Maryland – Eastern Shore
Gospel Choir, Union Baptist Choir, The Covenant Choir and The Hill Choir
12th 6 pm:
- Bill Grimmette a Frederick Douglass Re-enactor at the Academy Art Museum
$15 Member, $12 Non-Member
14th Noon:
Celebrate Frederick Douglass’ Birthday – Wreath Laying at Frederick Douglass Statue in front of Talbot Vounty courthouse
- Guest Speaker – Lyndra Marshall
15th – Noon:
Talbot County Free Library – Easton
Lunch and Learn about Frederick Douglass Bicentennial.
Coffee and dessert will be provided.
15th – 6:00 pm:
Talbot County Free Library – Easton
Come and learn about Frederick Douglass and the women in his life.
17th 10-1 pm:
Frederick Douglass Family Art Day at the Academy Art Museum
FREE (Registration suggested)
17th 10 a.m. to noon: 4 to 6 year-old children / 1 to 3 p.m.: 7 to 9 year-old children
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum – STEAM Team class: “Digging into the Past: Happy Birthday, Frederick Douglass!”
17th 2:00 pm:
Talbot County Free Library – St. Michaels
“Putting Them on the Map: Tracing African American Book History through GIS Technology”
Dr. Alisha Knight, Associate Professor of English and American Studies at Washington College
17th 7 – 9 pm:
Fred Morsel, Douglass re-enactor at the Historic Avalon Theatre in Easton, Maryland
Sponsored by Frederick Douglass Honor Society
23rd 3:30 pm:
Washington College Convocation – Honorary Degree given to Frederick Douglass
26th 12:00 pm -7:00 pm:
Talbot County Free Library – Easton
A day of films about people who shaped and inspired social change. The day will conclude at 6:00 PM with a screening of Alice’s Ordinary People, a documentary about Alice Tregay, an unsung heroine of the Civil Rights Movement.
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For more information, Talbout County Free Library Winter 2018 Newsletter [PDF]