Posts Tagged ‘Ray Rickman’
Ray Rickman in The Civil Rights Kid at Courthouse Center for the Arts
If you’ve missed Ray Rickman’s performance of “Civil Rights Kid” this is the perfect venue to see it, and the perfect time as we begin February, Black History Month. Ray Rickman – Civil Rights Kid will be at the Courthouse Center for the Arts on Wednesday, February 12th from 7 to 9:30pm. The Center is…
Read MoreThe Rudolph Fisher Exhibit, by Stages of Freedom at Providence Athenaeum
Rudolph Fisher, Rhode Island’s Gift to the Harlem Renaissance, will be the exhibit of Stages of Freedom at the Providence Athenaeum at 251 Benefit Street on the East Side of Providence. Opening Reception is January 9th from 4 to 6pm. Exhibit runs through January 27th during regular operating hours. The exhibit is free and open…
Read More“How Good People Can Do More Good” – a talk by Ray Rickman
A talk by Ray Rickman at First Unitarian Church, Saturday, November 23rd at 6:30 PM, following the First Parish Supper at 5 PM. Register, HERE: https://form.jotform.com/230806392011143 Ray Rickman is executive director of Stages of Freedom. Ray Rickman is one of the state’s foremost historian of Black life and culture. Stages of Freedom (www.stagesoffreedom.org), which Mr.…
Read MoreTo Do in RI: Laboring for Freedom at Slater Mill, Pawtucket
A full house gathered at Slater Mill last Friday night for the opening of “Laboring for Freedom: African Americans in the Blackstone River Valley,” a collaborative exhibit created by Stages of Freedom and the National Park Service. Conceived by Ranger Kevin Klyberg and researched by Robb Dimmick and Ray Rickman of Stages of Freedom, the exhibit highlights the…
Read MoreTo Do in RI: Stages of Freedom’ Laboring for Freedom African American exhibit – Slater Mill
Image, above: provided by Stages of Freedom (NPS/Horrocks) Stages of Freedom’s newest exhibit, Laboring for Freedom: African Americans in the Blackstone River Valley, will debut this Friday, October 18th from 7 to 8pm at the Old Slater Mill, a National Historic Landmark, 67 Roosevelt Avenue in Pawtucket. Robb Dimmick and Ray Rickman will deliver remarks.…
Read MoreStages of Freedom Museum of African American History to unveil marker to Black philanthropist
Stages of Freedom will unveil a historic marker recognizing Christiana Carteaux Bannister on Saturday, October 28, 2024, 10am at 15 Westminster Street, Providence. The event is free and open to the public and followed by refreshments. Save the Date! Mrs. Bannister, of African and Narragansett descent, and her husband Edward, were Providence’s Black Victorian power couple, using…
Read MoreTo Do in RI: Walking Tour, African Americans on College Hill – with Ray Rickman
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Read MoreIndependence Day and the American flag, our great unifier. (video) – Ray Rickman
by Nancy Thomas & Ray Rickman On this Independence Day, July 4, 2024, we feel the need for unification and security in these unprecedented times. A spontaneous video done one day in the Stages of Freedom and African American Museum and gift shop is on its way to becoming viral – bringing in accolades from…
Read MoreSave the John Hope Settlement House: Petition asks Board to resign, claims mismanagement
The Save John Hope Committee is asking the community sign a petition to “save John Hope” and accuses board of mismanagement (Updates are bolded and in red) The Save John Hope committee is in need of all of you that have corresponded about Saving John Hope to sign the petition . We have been working hard and meeting…
Read MoreThe American flag: the great unifier. And we need it now. (video) – Ray Rickman
by Nancy Thomas, publisher & Ray Rickman A spontaneous video done one day in the Stages of Freedom and African American Museum and gift shop is on its way to becoming viral – bringing in accolades from the left, the right – and the middle. And Ray Rickman says, isn’t that the whole idea? We…
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