Juneteenth: Celebrating Emancipation
name: label: Collection Collector
content: Maltsby, Portia
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content: Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture
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content: Program in African American Culture Collection
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content: Program in African American Culture Collection / Series 1: Program Files
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content: 1985 June 8
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content: Box 14, Folder 7
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Program held on Saturday, June 8, 1985, and featured a tour of the NMAH exhibits Nation of Nations and We the People, led by Jeffrey Filcik in the Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution; a lecture Celebrating Emancipation by William H. Wiggins, Jr.; and a singing workshop of Black American Traditional Songs, conducted by Bernice Johnson Reagon, including spirituals, worksongs, playsongs, gospel hymns, and blues. The event was made possible by Roger Kennedy, director, National Museum of American History; Josiah O. Hatch, Assistant Director for Public Programs; Bernice Johnson Reagon, director, Program in Black American Culture; and Shirley Cherkasky, Coordinator of Museum Programs. Program number AC408.32.