UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING:
Museum admission fees includes access to all exhibitions and programs. Fees for access to only programs are: Adults, Seniors, and Students, $6.00; and Youth, $4.00.
Saturday Children's Storytelling and Reading Hour
Saturday, July 31
11:00 a.m. (For ages 5-12)
July 31 - Sujin Lee, a Korean American educator, will read Halmoni and the Picnic by Sook Nyul Choi. An immigrant grandmother does not allow language and food traditions to become cultural barriers. She accompanies the third grade class of her granddaughter on an outing and even prepares a Korean snack for everyone.
August 7, 14, 21, 28
August 7 - Ms. Dayle Stevens, retired Guilford County Schools educator, will read Four Feet, Two Sandals by Karen Lynn Williams. Set in a Pakistani refugee camp, the story revolves around Lina and Feroza, two girls who each retrieve one sandal during a scramble for clothing left by relief workers. Friendship, sharing and problem solving are at the heart of the narrative.
August 14 - Rev. Wallace Hairston, a poet and storyteller, will share The Tuskegee Airmen Story by Lynn M. Homan and Thomas Reilly. When Krista and Joshua discover a set of mementos, they learn about Granddad’s history making participation in World War II as one of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first blacks to train and serve as USA military pilots.
August 21 - Ms. Elizabeth Schools Legett, Professor, English as A Second Language (ESOL), Guilford Technical Community College, will offer a story by Heidi Cole and Nancy Vogi, Am I a Color Too? Tyler, a young boy with a black father and a white mother, wonders about his own racial identity. Yet, he becomes aware that regardless of color, everyone has dreams, smiles, and feelings.
August 28 - Dr. Anthony Wade, director of the Department of Human Relations, City of Greensboro, will read Mina Javaherbin’s Goal!, a story set in an impoverished township in South Africa. With a spirit of cooperation and camaraderie, six boys who love the game of football (soccer) foil the attempts of bullies intent on stealing the prized possession of the young athletes, a new federation-sized ball.
Performances
Friday, August 6: First Friday
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Enjoy First Friday with the Cufflinx Band featuring Dema. Whether it’s jazz, reggae, rhythm and blues, or gospel, this multi-layered band brings a wealth of experience, talent, and style to the evening. First Friday is a FREE, self-guided tour of Downtown shops, galleries and alternative art venues. Click here for more information and participating downtown locations for August.
Children's Summer Documentary Film Camp (Advanced Registration Required)
Tuesday - Wednesday, August 17 - 18
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Learn about the role of documentary films in shaping our understanding of the quest for civil rights. Over the course of a two-day film camp, children of middle school age will tour selected galleries of the Museum’s permanent exhibition—The Battlegrounds, view related documentaries and create illustrated sequences for storyboards or story booklets about envisioned change in their communities. (This program has a fee of $20.00. Advanced reservation is required – 336-274-9199.)
Perspectives:
Saturday, August 21 at 3:00 p.m.
National Aviation Day
Observe National Aviation Day with a celebration of Captain Harvey Alexander and members of the North Carolina Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen as they share firsthand accounts from the era of World War II when they fought the enemy abroad and racism at home. (Note: National Aviation day coincides with the August 19 birthday of Wilbur Wright who pioneered in the area of powered flight.)
Saturday, August 28 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Women of Guilford, Inc., Women’s Equality Day Celebration Breakfast (ICRCM is one of several organizations supporting.)
Venue: Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 607 North Greene Street, Greensboro, NC
Ninety years ago the 19th amendment to the Constitution was ratified on August 18. “Honor our foremothers who labored long and hard to bring women the right to vote in 1920.” For tickets contact Julie Lapham at (336) 379-1000. Advanced registration is required.
Saturday, August 28 3:00 p.m.
From the 1963 March on Washington to the 1965 Voting Rights Act
A panel of veteran civil rights activists in the Triad looks at two pivotal events in the nation’s history that reshaped forever the face of the United States: the August 28, 1963 March on Washington and the August 6, 1965 signing of the Voting Rights Act.
Documentary Film:
Silver Wings, Civil Rights: The Fight to Flight
August (Saturdays and Sundays, continuous showings)
Silver Wings, Civil Rights: The Fight to Flight by Jon Timothy Anderson tells the stories of the courageous and celebrated black pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen. The pilots flew combat missions during World War II, a time when many felt that African Americans lacked the intellectual capacity to master flight.