Connecticut Freedom Trail Month Tours at New Haven Museum
In honor of Connecticut Freedom Trail Month, join a special tour of two enlightening exhibits at New Haven Museum on Saturday, September 28, 2024, at 1 & 2:30 p.m. Free admission, no registration needed.
“Shining Light on Truth: New Haven, Yale, and Slavery” presents evidence of the essential role of enslaved and free Black people in New Haven and at Yale. It celebrates Black resistance and community building, and illuminates knowledge kept alive in archives and community memory for more than three centuries. Experience the interactive reading room and display of photographs of early Black students at Yale, many of whom have ties to New Haven history beyond their time on campus.
“Amistad: Retold” centers the people who led the 1839 revolt and their collective actions to determine their own lives. It also focuses on New Haven as the site of their incarceration and abolitionist organizing. The exhibition includes the iconic 1840 portrait of Sengbe Pieh by New Haven artist and abolitionist Nathaniel Jocelyn, Hale Woodruff’s 1939 mural studies, and a serigraph of Jacob Lawrence’s “Revolt on the Amistad” (1989).
Event Links
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/2653902-0
