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THE UNKNOWN, FANTASTIC LIVES OF THE JOHNSON WOMEN

The Unknown, Fantastic Lives of the Johnson Women

An online discussion with Paula Marie Seniors


Sunday, March 20, 2022
3:00pm

"J. Rosamond Johnson and his brother, James Weldon Johnson, are renowned for their most famous composition, “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing.” However, the adage, Behind every great man there is a great woman, applies to both men.

Their mother, Helen Louise Dillet, and the respective women that they married, Grace Nail and Nora E. Floyd, were highly accomplished themselves.

Paula Marie Seniors will offer an engaging discussion about these important figures whom history has relegated to the background.

The SIGNS OF THE TIMES | Harlem Heritage Markers Project will install twenty-five historic markers throughout Harlem, beginning in September 2022.

SIGNS OF THE TIMES honors individuals, organizations, and events that imbue Harlem with its unique character.

“The Unknown, Fantastic Lives of the Johnson Women” is a pre-marker-installation program that takes a deep dive into the wives of James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson, and the woman who birthed these two extraordinary men.

One of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES honors J. Rosamond Johnson, widely known for composing “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” the perfect complement to James Weldon’s poem.

The other marker honors Rosamond’s educator daughter, Mildred Johnson, who founded Harlem’s first Black independent school in 1934: The Modern School thrived for sixty years and educated hundreds of children, including two WWSH board members, Robin Verges, and Deidre B. Flowers, Ph.D.

DESSERT WITH SHEILA EVANS

Dessert with Sheila Evans…
A fascinating writer and true New Yorker


Sunday, March 27, 2022
3:00pm - 4:30pm ET

"Cathedral Parkway Towers at Harlem’s Gate"
By Sheila Evans

Everybody needs housing. Read a great NYC housing story!

The greatest tenant organizing story never told… until now....

Sheila holds a master's degree in education, is a college professor, actor, oral historian, ordained unconventional minister, theologian, and she's a licensed New York City and international tour guide.

Sheila will be interviewed by Karen D. Taylor.

The tickets for this event are $50. It includes a signed book and a delectable dessert mailed directly to you.

Decades of resistance in harlem: from "new negro" militancy to the young lords

Hubert Harrison: The Struggle for Equality

with author Jeffrey Perry interviewed by 

S.E. Anderson

Sunday April 11, 2021  |  1:00PM

The Young Lords: A Radical History

with author Johanna Fernandez interviewed by Elizabeth Yeampierre

Sunday April 25, 2021  |  1:00PM

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Sugar Hill Music Festival

Tickets are now available for the 5th Annual Sugar Hill Music Festival on Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 2:00pm.  Location: Sugar Hill Luminaries Lawn Edgecombe Avenue and W. 155th Street Harlem, NY

READING ACROSS HARLEM

 “Reading Across Harlem” features an interview with legendary poet Abiodun Oyewole, founding member of The Last Poets and self-described “author, musician, mentor, father, lifelong learner.”Oyewole, author of "Branches of the Tree of Life: The Collected Poems of Abiodun Oyewole, 1969-2013."
Saturday, September 25, 2021

5th Annual Sugar Hill Music Festival

Sugar Hill Luminaries Lawn

To celebrate the music of Harlem, we ask you to join us this year for the 5th Annual Sugar Hill Music Festival.

 

In Tribute to the Mizell Brothers and Gil Scott-Heron

 

With

 Burnt Sugar, in tribute to the Mizells

 Charenee Wade, in tribute to Gil Scott-Heron

 Sugar Hill Quartet with Special Guest James Carter

 Duane Eubanks Quintet

 


In addition:

 

Reading Across Harlem


“Reading Across Harlem” features an interview with legendary poet Abiodun Oyewole, founding member of The Last Poets and self-described “author, musician, mentor, father, lifelong learner.”


Oyewole, author of "Branches of the Tree of Life: The Collected Poems of Abiodun Oyewole, 1969-2013."

 


5th Annual Sugar Hill Music Festival

Saturday, September 25, 2021

2:00pm

 

Sugar Hill Luminaries Lawn

Edgecombe Avenue and W. 155th Street

Harlem, NY

 


*Please follow our page for updated information about this event.



 

The event is free and While We Are Still Here welcomes​ "Pay What You Choose'" support to help us honor Harlem's history.

 

 Tickets: https://bit.ly/3zRTscE

 

 

While We Are Still Here acknowledges the generous support of the J. Rosamond Johnson Foundation and Melanie Edwards, without whom this project would not have taken place.

 


Sunday March 29, 2020

Madame Stephanie St. Clair Rediscovered? A FACEBOOK Live Interview with LaShawn Harris and Joy James

7:00pm

Online Event @edgecombeavenue

Event Details

Sunday March 29, 2020

Madame Stephanie St. Clair Rediscovered? A FACEBOOK Live Interview with LaShawn Harris and Joy James

Despite her burgeoning popularity as a historic figure, there is still relatively little that we know about Madame Stephanie St. Clair, Harl...

Event Details

7:00pm

Online Event @edgecombeavenue

Saturday February 29, 2020

Community Forum: Historic Markers Campaign for Harlem

12:30pm

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4:30pm

George Bruce Library, 518 West 125th Street, Harlem, NY

Event Details

Saturday February 29, 2020

Community Forum: Historic Markers Campaign for Harlem

Please come prepared to discuss and agree upon who, what, where should be honored in the first stage of this important campaign.  LIGHT REFR...

Event Details

12:30pm

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4:30pm

George Bruce Library, 518 West 125th Street, Harlem, NY

2019 FALL EVENTS

TUESDAY OCTOBER 22, 2019

TUESDAY OCTOBER 22, 2019

TUESDAY OCTOBER 22, 2019

In the Face of What We Remember: 

Oral Histories of 409 and 555 Edgecombe Avenue

The definitive narrative of two of Harlem’s most noted addresses

Aaron Davis Hall, Theatre B, Convent Avenue and 135th Street, Harlem, NY

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SUNDAY OCTOBER 13, 2019

TUESDAY OCTOBER 22, 2019

TUESDAY OCTOBER 22, 2019

Dessert with Donald Bogle Interview 

with Craigh Barboza and Book Signing

Grinnell Community Room 

800 Riverside Drive New York, NY

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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

An Interview and Book Signing with

Author Lashawn Harris | Novella Ford

Edgecombe Avenue and 155th St.  Harlem, NY

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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

4th Annual Sugar Hill Music Festival

Sugar Hill Luminaries Lawn

Edgecombe Avenue and 155th St.  Harlem, NY

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