Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States almost two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Since June 19, 1865, Juneteenth has been a day celebrated by descendants of enslaved Black people that honors the legacy and freedom of their ancestors given on that day.

Please join us on Tuesday, June 15, at 6:30 PM, for a virtual program presented by the Museum of African American History.  L'Merchie Frazier, Director of Education and Interpretation, will share how African Americans in the Boston area have celebrated over time and how it continues to be relevant in today’s society.

Register before Monday June 14; the library will email you the link to the event 24 hours in advance.

About the Museum:

The Museum of African American History is New England’s largest museum dedicated to preserving, conserving and interpreting the contributions of African Americans. In Boston and Nantucket, the Museum has preserved two historic sites and two Black Heritage Trails® that tell the story of organized black communities from the Colonial Period through the 19th century.  Visit the museum’s website to learn more!

About L'Merchie Frazier:

L’Merchie Frazier, is Director of Education and Interpretation for the Museum of African American History, Boston/Nantucket for fifteen years, highlighting the Museum’s collection/exhibits, providing place-based education and interdisciplinary history programs, projects and lectures, promoting STEM / STEAM education pedagogy. She was one of three artist chosen for the 2016 City of Boston AIR artist in residency program from the Mayor’s Office of Art and Culture working with the Department of Substance Abuse Recovery Services and its community. She is adjunct faculty for Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. She has served the artistic community for over twenty years as an award winning national and international visual and performance artist and poet, with residencies in Brazil, Taiwan, France, and Cuba. Recent residencies include the New England Foundation for the Arts 2018 Creative Cities and the 2018 Stable Ground Northeastern University Law School Artist Residency. As a lecturer and workshop presenter her audiences include youth and adults. L’Merchie is a member of Women of Color Quilter’s Network. She is a Northeastern University resident artist at AAMARP, African American Master Artist in Residency Program, and resident artist at Southend Technology Center and Fairmount Innovation Lab, MIT FabLabs in Boston. She is Board member of the Boston APP/Lab. Her fiber works serve to document history and memory, and often include innovative technology. These artworks are featured in a series entitled The Quilted Chronicles. L’Merchie’s selected works are included in several art publications and in the permanent collections of the Museum of Art and Design, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Smithsonian Institute and the White House.

This program has been generously funded by donations.