Time: 11:00 AM Eastern

Location: ONLINE (link available on our website closer to the event)

Participants:

• Dr Hannah-Rose Murray (University of Suffolk)

• Dr Caroline Dunham-Schroeter, President of The Globe Lane Initiative/#DouglassWeek team 

• Kristin Leary, Vice President of The Globe Lane Initiative/#DouglassWeek team 

Description: Moses Roper was an abolitionist, social justice activist, freedom fighter, husband, father and a survivor of U.S. enslavement. Born in 1815 in North Carolina, he liberated himself after at least twenty attempts to find freedom, and briefly settled in New York and Boston in 1834. Faced with the threat of re-enslavement and assassination, he moved to England and travelled for several years around Britain and Ireland to lecture against enslavement and racism. His bold and fierce denunciations of white supremacy, oppression and even white abolitionists who threatened to damage his reputation are courageous examples of how Black freedom fighters were forced to fight daily battles to survive. This talk, led by Dr. Hannah-Rose Murray, will focus on Roper's life, his experiences in Britain, his life after the U.S. Civil War which is rarely documented, his tragic death in Boston and how and why he has been forgotten. The talk will also raise awareness of Roper's burial, an act of injustice which so far remains uncorrected, and The Globe Lane Initiative's desire to memorialize his life in the place where he now rests.

Time: 12:30 PM Eastern

Location: To be announced, please check again soon for updates

Participants:

• Prof Mary C. Murphy, Director of the Irish Institute and Faculty of Political Science, Boston College

• Kenneth B. Morris, Jr., President, Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives, great-great-great grandson of Frederick Douglass and great-great grandson of Booker T. Washington

• Others to be announced

Description: This panel celebrates the 180th anniversary of Frederick Douglass’s transformative journey from Boston to Ireland in 1845. Departing Boston Harbor on August 6 and arriving in Dublin on August 31, Douglass’s visit was a defining chapter in his life and in the history of international abolitionism. Panelists will explore the significance of Douglass’s time in Ireland, the connections between Boston and Dublin then and now, and the lessons his travels hold for today’s conversations on freedom, justice and solidarity across borders. The event will also highlight the enduring cultural and political ties between Ireland and Boston, underscoring how Douglass’s legacy continues to resonate in both places.

Time: 6:30 PM Eastern

Location: African Meeting House, Museum of African American History Boston, 46 Joy St, Boston, MA 02114

Participants:

• Latisha Jones, playwright (Washington, DC)

• Dr David J. Harris (Managing Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice and a lecturer at Harvard Law School and Chair of the Massachusetts Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights)

• Dr LaToya Bosworth (Mass Humanities)

Description: Among other topics, this panel discussion addresses the evolving role of cultural institutions, museums, artists, art collectives, communities and others in the fight against racism and in promoting education on critical issues like identity, discrimination and racial bias. Panelists reflect on how exhibitions, creative installations, mural projects and others can uncover and address implicit bias within curation and the broader art world.