If you missed the premiere screening and discussion with the filmmakers, the virtual event is now available for online viewing.
Tag: Long Island’s African American Heritage
Jupiter Hammon’s An Essay on Slavery Interpreted by Malik Work
UPDATE! Peter Crippen House:
Anonymous Donor Extends Match Through March 31, 2022
We have good news to report on the Peter Crippen house, one of our 2021 Endangered Historic Places, a rapidly deteriorating property owned by Huntington Town with strong ties to Long Island’s early colonial development and African American history.
Northport-East Northport Public Library Virtual Lecture:
The Jupiter Hammon Project and Joseph Lloyd Manor
February 15, 2022
6:30pm to 7:30pm via Zoom
Preservation Director, Sarah Kautz, will discuss the life of author Jupiter Hammon who lived as an enslaved person at Lloyd Manor and whose work was the first to be published by an African American born in North America. FREE.
Public Premiere! Jupiter Hammon’s An Essay on Slavery Interpreted by Malik Work
February 9, 2022
Join us for the first public screening of theater artist Malik Work’s short film followed by a discussion with the artist and his collaborators on the project. The event will be moderated by Douglas Jones, Associate Professor of English and Theater Studies at Duke University.
UPDATE! Endangered Historic Places 2021: Peter Crippen House
We have good news to report on the Peter Crippen house, one of our 2021 Endangered Historic Places, a rapidly deteriorating property owned by Huntington Town with strong ties to Long Island’s early colonial development and African American history.
Endangered Historic Places 2021: SANS Historic District
Demolition and intensive redevelopment threaten one of Long Island’s most significant Jim Crow- and Civil Rights-era historic districts in the Village of Sag Harbor.