Celebrating Juneteenth
庆祝2023年“自由日”:与NHD马萨诸塞州的虚拟六月节展览
Juneteenth (简称“6月19日”)是为了庆祝1865年联邦军队抵达加尔维斯顿的这一天, Texas to take control of the state, 根据1863年的解放奴隶宣言, all enslaved people in Texas are free. Since then, 六月节庆祝活动纪念了我国的第二个独立日,并承认了为人权和平等而进行的斗争.
尽管非裔美国人社区一直在庆祝这一节日, 六月节是历史的一部分,大部分仍不为广大公众所知. In 2020, 6月16日被宣布为马萨诸塞州的法定假日, 第二年,这一天被定为联邦假日.
The Massachusetts Historical Society began an annual NHD Massachusetts Juneteenth exhibition in 2020 with three goals: to promote an understanding of and engagement with the Juneteenth holiday; to highlight select NHD student projects whose work explores topics related to African American history, culture, achievement, and freedom; and to spread awareness of these often marginalized historical narratives. 今年的NHD项目以“ "Frontiers in History: People, Places, Ideas."
马萨诸塞州历史学会邀请您从2023年NHD马萨诸塞州比赛季节探索这个原创和非凡的学生工作.
2023 National History Day in Massachusetts Projects
Documentaries
Ellie Clark and Nina Crean
Hingham High School
20世纪初,尽管面临种族主义和严格的种族隔离法律,格林伍德的居民还是兴旺发达. Collectively, 他们成功地建立了美国最富有的非洲裔美国人社区之一. 黑人企业家拥有70多家企业,该区繁荣发展, many of whom were ancestors of slaves. 大街上的一些建筑是杂货店,另一些是餐馆, hotels, barbers, newspapers, libraries, lawyers, dentists, or doctors’ offices. Turned away by other white-owned businesses in Tulsa, 这些先驱者必须从零开始,发展自己的经济."
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Jude Givens
Brookline Heath School
"When I forged on in my research, 我开始看到儿童游行在许多方面代表了边疆——伯明翰是种族主义最严重的地方,也是种族隔离时期最暴力的地方之一, the children were some of the youngest activists, the numbers of kid activists was so great, and more. 我最终发现1963年的儿童大游行是民权运动的前沿, 促成了1964年民权法案的签署, 它使民权运动重新焕发了活力."
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Julia Bial and Claire Gardella
Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School
“这部纪录片将呈现夏洛特·福顿和皇家港实验的故事. Charlotte Forten, a free and well educated black American, 前往南卡罗来纳,在皇家港实验中做志愿者,在那里她和刚被释放的孩子们一起工作,并教授他们,这些孩子以前一直在海岛的土地上工作. 她的旅程对美国黑人社区的发展产生了持久的影响.S. and created a standard for black education."
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Exhibits
Keira E., Rhianna Mason, and Anna Poggi
King Phillip Regional High School
“埃拉·贝克在民权运动中发挥了巨大作用. 她塑造了这场运动的领导人,充当了这一切的幕后策划者. She held campaigns and workshops, 鼓励全国的黑人为他们的公民自由而战. 她的领导不仅鼓励了其他人为自己的权利而战, thus growing the movement, 也促使了1964年《利记手机官网》和1965年《利记手机官网》的通过. 她的努力使种族隔离得以消除
discrimination."
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Matilde Bellotti and Sydney Guzman
Our Lady's Academy
凯瑟琳·约翰逊出生在20世纪10年代种族隔离的南方, 有色人种在数学和科学领域的就业机会有限. 约翰逊从小就梦想成为一名研究数学家. When
she joined the NASA Langley Laboratory as an adult, Johnson pushed the boundaries of race and gender discrimination; she forged her own path and made mathematical contributions to NASA that indisputably made modern spaceflight possible."
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Abby Chambers and Emerson Spinale
Plymouth North High School
“亨丽埃塔·拉克斯细胞的使用意义重大,因为科学的开创性进步和对不道德医疗条件的解决."
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Websites
Joylyn Kim
The Rivers School
"As a prolific African American female composer, 弗洛伦斯·普莱斯在古典音乐领域挑战性别和种族的双重障碍,改变了历史, which was dominated by white men. Her life struggles exemplify the covert racism that has culturally excluded racial minorities; however, her achievements, 得到了20世纪初芝加哥黑人文艺复兴运动众多领袖的支持, 提示我们,要解决古典音乐中代表性不足的问题,积极的氛围和相互的支持是必不可少的."
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Tori Bousquet
Hingham High School
"Through her advocacy for transgender rights, 她反对同性恋群体歧视的斗争, and her participation in S.T.A.R, Marsha P. 约翰逊为一场更加包容、重视性别的lgbtq+权利运动奠定了基础, racial, and income diversity."
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Papers
Jerome Montgomery
Winchester High School
特雷尔的一生见证了美国民权变革的近一个世纪, from 1863, the year of the Emancipation Proclamation, 直到1954年布朗诉教育委员会案判决后去世. By being a strong leader, through public speaking, writing, and eventually self-publishing her autobiography, 特雷尔创造了一种公众声音,不仅让人们了解了她的经历,还塑造了人们对非裔美国女性生活的解读方式. 作为争取选举权和种族平等的教育家和活动家, 她揭露了女性和非裔美国人的故事和经历, founded and led key organizations, and helped change laws and policies. 直到最近,特雷尔还没有得到广泛的赞誉[...] But as an advocate and organizer for Black women, 玛丽·丘奇·特雷尔应该在民权英雄的行列中占有突出的位置. She fought for social justice on two frontiers, race, and gender, 通过使用第三个阶级边界:她利用自己的特权为他人争取权力."
Devin King
Bedford High School
“从来没有一种艺术形式对其前辈如此崇敬,同时又对激进的变革和即时性有着深刻的追求, as Hip-Hop. Through respect as well as necessity, 塑造这一流派的年轻男女将其塑造成他们父母和社区长者的音乐. 这反过来又创造了一种媒介,作为黑人音乐及其信息的伟大统一高潮. However, 随着这种音乐类型离开了布朗克斯区破旧的地下室和俱乐部,并进入美国其他地区, it began to fracture. 曾经在纽约出生的牙买加侨民手中拥有的团结被地区性和风格性的宗派主义所取代, 最大的压力来自于公司对他们公司的脱衣舞艺术家的巨大压力. 这种长达数十年的斗争过程使这一类型异常多样化,但代价是它无法通过有组织和一致的信息来指导变革."
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Layla A.
Burlington High School
"Dr. Anna Julia Cooper [...改善了非裔美国人的教育,并将交叉的女权主义引入了美国人的良知. Formerly enslaved, Cooper broke the glass ceiling at an early age, 在女性——更不用说黑人女性——几乎没有机会接受高等教育的时候. Despite social barriers, 库珀克服了这些限制,扩大了非洲裔美国人受教育的机会,并将非洲裔美国妇女纳入选举权运动."