庆祝六月节
Celebrating “Freedom Day” 2023: A Virtual 六月节 Exhibit with NHD Massachusetts
六月节 (short for “June Nineteenth”) celebrates the date in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, 德克萨斯控制了这个州, declaring that according to the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, 德州所有被奴役的人都是自由的. 从那时起, 六月节 celebrations have honored our country’s second independence day and recognized the ongoing fight for human rights and equality.
Though it has long been celebrated among African American communities, 六月节 is a part of history that still remains largely unknown to the wider public. In 2020, 六月节 was declared a state holiday 在马萨诸塞州, and the following year was recognized as a federal holiday.
The Massachusetts Historical Society began an annual NHD Massachusetts 六月节 exhibition in 2020 with three goals: to promote an understanding of and engagement with the 六月节 holiday; to highlight select NHD student projects whose work explores topics related to African American history, 文化, 成就, and freedom; and to spread awareness of these often marginalized historical narratives. This year's NHD projects approached history through the theme of 《历史的前沿:人、地、思想."
The Massachusetts Historical Society invites you to explore this original and extraordinary student work from the 2023 NHD Massachusetts competition season.
2023年马萨诸塞州国家历史日
Please note: We were given permission to identify some students by their full name, 而另一些人只知道他们的名字.
One of the most valuable aspects of NHD is that students have the opportunity to interpret evidence and draw their own conclusions. 因此, the interpretations and opinions expressed in these projects are the work of the students and are not necessarily shared by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
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《黑色华尔街:悲剧中的胜利艾莉·克拉克和尼娜·克林
欣汉姆高中
"Greenwood residents thrived despite facing racism and strict segregation laws in the early 1900s. 集体, they managed to build one of the wealthiest African-American communities in the United States. The district thrived with over 70 businesses owned by Black entrepreneurs, 他们中的许多人是奴隶的祖先. Some buildings on the avenue were grocery stores while others were restaurants, 酒店, 理发师, 报纸, 库, 律师, 牙医, 或者医生办公室. 被塔尔萨其他白人经营的企业拒之门外, these pioneers had to start from scratch and develop their own economy."
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The Children's March of 1963: A Frontier in the Civil Rights Movement裘德吉文斯
布鲁克莱恩健康学校
“当我继续研究的时候, I began to see some of the many ways that the Children’s March represented frontiers - the Birmingham location was the most racist and one of the most violent during segregation, 这些孩子是最年轻的积极分子, 儿童积极分子的数量是如此之多, 和更多的. I ultimately found that the Children's March of 1963 was a frontier in the civil rights movement, a catalyst for the signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and it reinvigorated the civil rights movement overall."
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“我会尽我所能。, While Life and Strength Last”; 夏洛特十’s Pursuit of Educational Access for All茱莉亚·比亚尔和克莱尔·加德拉
汉密尔顿-温纳姆地区高中
"This documentary will present the story of 夏洛特十 and the Port Royal Experiment. 夏洛特十, 一个自由且受过良好教育的美国黑人, traveled to South Carolina to volunteer at the Port Royal Experiment where she worked with and taught newly freed children that had previously been working on the lands of the Sea Islands. Her journey had a lasting impact on the development of the black community in the U.S. 为黑人教育创造了一个标准."
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艾拉·贝克:种族和性别的前沿凯拉E.蕾安娜·梅森和安娜·波吉
菲利普国王地区高中
"Ella Baker played a huge role in the civil rights movement. She shaped the leaders of the movement, acting as the mastermind behind it all. 她举办活动和研讨会, encouraging black people across the country to fight for their civil liberties. Her leadership not only encouraged others to fight for their rights, 从而发展了这一运动, but also spurred the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Her efforts worked to achieve the eradication of segregation and
歧视."
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Katherine Johnson: The Human Computer Who Helped NASA Win the Space Race玛蒂尔德·贝洛蒂和悉尼·古兹曼
圣母书院
"Katherine Johnson was born in the 1910s Jim Crow South, where people of color had limited career opportunities in the areas of math and science. From a young age, Johnson dreamed of becoming a research mathematician. 当
她成年后加入了美国宇航局兰利实验室, Johnson pushed the boundaries of 比赛 和性别 歧视; she forged her own path and made mathematical contributions to NASA that indisputably made modern spaceflight possible."
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亨丽埃塔·拉克斯:海拉细胞系背后的人类艾比·钱伯斯和爱默生·斯皮纳尔
普利茅斯北高中
"The use of Henrietta Lacks' cells was significant due to the pioneering advancements in science and the addressing of unethical medical conditions."
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弗洛伦斯·普莱斯:跨界文化隔离Joylyn金
里弗斯学派
作为一位多产的非裔美国女性作曲家, Florence Price changed history as she challenged the double barriers of gender and 比赛 in the field of classical music, 哪个是白人男性主导的. Her life struggles exemplify the covert racism that has culturally excluded 种族 minorities; however, 她的成就, supported by numerous leaders of the Chicago Black Renaissance in the early 20th century, hint to us that affirmative atmosphere and mutual support are essential to solving underrepresentation problems in classical music."
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玛莎P. Johnson: Leader in a New Frontier of Inclusivity in the LGBTQ+ Rights MovementTori Bousquet
欣汉姆高中
通过她对跨性别者权利的倡导, her fight against 歧视 within the gay community, 以及她在S.T.A.R，玛莎P. Johnson set the foundation for a more inclusive lgbtq+ rights movement that valued gender, 种族, 收入多样性."
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Fighting A Double Jubilee: How Mary Eliza Church Pushed Boundaries on Frontiers of Race, 性别, 和类 杰罗姆·蒙哥马利
温彻斯特高中
"Terrell’s life spanned nearly a century of change in American civil rights, 从1863年开始, 《解放奴隶宣言》发表的那一年, until her death just after the Brown v The Board of Education decision in 1954. 通过成为一个强有力的领导者, 通过公开演讲, 写作, 并最终出版了她的自传, Terrell created a public voice that not only taught people about her journey but shaped the way African-American women’s lives would be interpreted. As an educator and activist for suffrage and 种族 equality, she brought to light the stories and experiences of women and African-Americans, 创立并领导重要组织, 并帮助改变了法律和政策. Until recently, Terrell has not been widely celebrated [...而是作为黑人女性的倡导者和组织者, Mary Church Terrell deserves a prominent place in the gallery of civil rights heroes. 她在两个领域为社会正义而战, 比赛, 和性别, by using the third frontier of class: she used her privileges to fight for power for others."
B-Beats Under Bombardment: Hip-Hop’s Splintering and FrontiersDevin王
贝德福德高中
"There has never been an artform with such an intense reverence for its predecessors along with a deep drive for radical change and immediacy, 随着嘻哈. 既出于尊重，也出于需要, the young men and women who molded the genre molded it in the shape of the music of their parents and community elders. This in turn made a medium that served as a great unifying culmination of black music and its messaging. 然而, as the genre left its time worn Bronx basements and clubs and make its way into the rest of the United States, 它开始断裂. The unity it once possessed in the hands of the New York born Jamaican diaspora was replaced with regional and stylistic sectarianism, and greatest of all intense pressure from corporations to strip artists of their agency. This decades-long process of struggle left the genre exceptionally diverse but at the cost of its ability to direct change through organized and consistent messaging."
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挑战极限:Dr. Anna Cooper's Advocacy for Black Education and Feminism蕾拉一个.
伯灵顿高中
"Dr. 安娜·朱莉娅·库珀[...] improved African-American education and introduced intersectional feminism into the American conscience. 曾经被奴役, 库珀很早就打破了玻璃天花板, pursuing advanced education when there were few opportunities for women—never mind Black women—to do so. 尽管存在社会障碍, Cooper overcame these limitations to extend educational opportunities to African-Americans and include African-American women in the suffrage movement."