LLA-15 Booklet

Dear Friends,
Welcome to the Museum of African American History’s 2015 Living Legends Awards Gala—a
celebratory and heartfelt farewell to our very own Beverly A. Morgan-Welch. Taking her leadership
skills to Washington, DC, Beverly is now the Associate Director of External Affairs at the historic
National Museum of African American History and Culture, a Smithsonian Museum being
constructed on the Washington Mall. This is a wonderful testament to the legacy Beverly leaves
behind in making our Museum a premier cultural destination.
For 16 years, Beverly led the Museum with unmatched dedication, skill, and fervor. Unprecedented
historic preservation efforts in Boston and on Nantucket are the highlight of her tenure, in particular
the award-winning restoration and re-dedication of the African Meeting House in Boston. With every
program under her direction, the Museum has honored the intentionality, purpose, organization, and
sophistication of Boston’s and Nantucket’s black communities of the 18th and 19th centuries. Beverly
has made the Museum our Museum, reminding us that the magnificent historic sites embody our
collective American history. Beverly is indeed a Living Legend and we are proud to recognize her
with the Museum’s highest honor—the William Lloyd Garrison Silver Cup.
Now, we look to the future. As we plan for the Museum’s 50th Anniversary in 2017, we are eager to
build upon Beverly’s legacy with the establishment of the Beverly A. Morgan-Welch Preservation and
Education Fund. Because of your generous support, the fund will help the Museum preserve seven
historic sites—the cornerstones of all we do. You are critical to our future. Because of you we can and
we will. We will develop innovative curriculum to complement and support more educators. We will
host more visitors. We will teach more children. We will impact more lives. Thank you for standing
with us now and into the future.
Sincerely,
Greetings
Cathy Stone
Chair
Marita Rivero
Interim Executive Director

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ABOUT
The Gala
The Museum of African American History’s annual Living Legends Awards gala commemorates the legacy and
contributions of champions including Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Maria Stewart by
honoring modern-day Living Legends who have followed in their footsteps in the advancement of equality,
education, and justice for all.
Established in 2001, the Living Legends Awards celebrate contemporary leaders of purpose who embody the same
principles of these legends of the past, share the untold stories of Africans in America, and promote uplift through
their good works. The fierce bravery of abolitionists, the discipline of social, political, and business entrepreneurs,
and the boundless curiosity of intellectuals are personified in our Living Legends.
THE STORY OF
The Garrison Silver Cup
William Lloyd Garrison, Editor of The Liberator newspaper, established the New England Antislavery Society in
the African Meeting House on Beacon Hill and, shortly thereafter, made his first trip to England to raise funds
for a school for colored youth. Before he left Boston, Garrison gave a farewell address at the Meeting House. The
next evening at the home of George Putnam, Boston’s black leaders presented Garrison with a silver cup, the
inscription read:
Presented to Wm. L. Garrison by his Coloured Friends
Freedom and Equality
United we stand and divided we fall
David Snowden P. Hall G. Putnam P. Howard C. Caples Wm. Brown J.
B. Pero J. Hilton G. Thomson J. Silver L. York
J. Lewis F. Standin T. Cole C. L. Remond
E. J. B. Mundueu H. Thacker Boston, April 4th 1833
These men were leaders in community organizations such as the African Baptist Church,
the Prince Hall Masons, and the Adelphic Union Library Association. With the
occupations of clothes merchant, hairdresser, caterer, and mariner, they were committed
abolitionists. In the April 13, 1833 issue of The Liberator, Garrison acknowledged the
gift “as a pledge of your friendship and appreciation of my labors in that noblest of all
enterprises, the rescue of the whole colored race from servitude and degradation.”
William Lloyd Garrison
The original silver cup is part of the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College

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2015 LIVING LEGENDS AWARDS
Co-Chairs
Honorary Co-Chairs
The Honorable Elizabeth Warren and Bruce Mann
The Honorable Edward Markey and Susan Blumenthal
The Honorable Linda Dorcena Forry and William P. Forry
The Honorable Martin J. Walsh
Co-Chairs
The Honorable Deval L. Patrick and Diane Patrick
Bob Rivers and Patricia Rivers
Harriet Tubman

Program
Festive Cocktail Supper
Aujourd’hui
Ceremony
Grand Ballroom
Welcome
Marita Rivero, Interim Executive Director
Cathy Douglas Stone, Board Chair
Beverly A. Morgan-Welch
Historic Preservation and Education Fund
Donor Acknowledgment
Presentation of the 2015 Living Legends Award
Presentation of the Garrison Silver Cup
David Garrison
Dessert and Live Music
Musicians
Nedelka Prescod, Vocalist
Bert Seager Trio

2015 Living Legend
Preserving the historic sites of the Museum, among the nation’s rarest treasures, was her primary
responsibility: in Boston, the African Meeting House (b.1806) and the Abiel Smith School (b.1835) and on
Nantucket, the African Meeting House (c.1820) and the Seneca Boston-Florence Higginbotham House (c.1774).
In 2011, Morgan-Welch’s completion of the historic restoration of the African Meeting House in Boston, built in
1806 and host to giants in the national antislavery, education, and equal rights movements in America, is one of
the greatest accomplishments of her career. While preserving some of America’s most significant African
American historic sites during her tenure, she developed powerful new programming and special events that
illuminate this hidden heritage through groundbreaking scholarship including: Teacher Summer Institutes, Dig
and Discover Archeology Camp, Underground Railroad Adventures, Profiles in Color, and the Living Legend
Awards.
Partnerships were hallmarks of the advancement of the Museum of African American History under her
leadership. In 2003, the National Trust for Historic Preservation welcomed the Museum into their family of
historic sites. A partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston created two exhibits on Black
Entrepreneurs of the 18th and 19th Centuries, while another partnership with Harvard University and the
National Park Service, under the banner of Freedom Rising, presented a national conference and launched the
Museum’s exhibit and year-long programming on the 150th anniversaries of the Emancipation Proclamation and
the Massachusetts 54th Regiment, the first black troops from the North in the Civil War. Continuing
partnerships provide college-level Freedom Rising courses taught by Museum staff.
Prior to joining the Museum, Morgan-Welch served in corporate philanthropy at Connecticut Mutual and
Raytheon Company. As a development professional at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, she acquired an
African American collection establishing the Amistad Center for Art and Culture housed at the art museum. She
later served as the Executive Director of the Greater Hartford Arts Council.
In 2007 and 2011, Morgan-Welch chaired the Inauguration of Massachusetts’ Governor Deval Patrick. A
graduate of Smith College, her awards include the Smith Medal (2009), an Honorary Doctorate for Public Service
from Suffolk University (2014), the President’s Distinguished Service Award from Bunker Hill Community
College (2014), a “You Rock” award from Roxbury Community College (2014), and the Massachusetts Cultural
Council’s Commonwealth Award in Achievement (2015). She is a Member of the Antiquarian Society,
Massachusetts Historical Society, Heritage Guild, and Colonial Society of Massachusetts.
Beverly A. Morgan-Welch, former Executive Director of the Museum of African American
History in Boston and Nantucket helped grow the organization to national prominence.
With three National Historic Landmarks, two Black Heritage Trails®, collections,
exhibitions, and programs, she led the presentation of the powerful history of New
England’s 18th and 19th century black abolitionist and entrepreneurial communities.

Beverly A. Morgan-Welch led the Museum of African American History from 1999 to 2015 with intellect,
passion, and unusual eloquence. She directed historic preservation efforts in Boston and on Nantucket,
including the award-winning restoration and re-dedication of the African Meeting House in Boston. She
conceived and realized countless public programs and educational initiatives that brought to life and honored
the unique history and accomplishments of Boston’s and Nantucket’s black communities of the 18th and 19th
centuries. She raised the visibility of the Museum, engaged a broader audience, and reminded us that the early
history of African Americans is integral to understanding our collective American history.
To build upon this legacy and to honor her profound impact on the commonwealth and on the public
conversation about race in the 21st century, the Board of Directors of the Museum of African American History
has established the Beverly A. Morgan-Welch Historic Preservation and Education Fund. The fund will help the
Museum operate its historic sites and offer one-of-a-kind exhibitions while also supporting the informative,
inspirational, and educational, public lectures, concerts, and programs for students, educators, and visitors. It
will also enable us to research, preserve, and share the indelible American history we steward. The fund will
provide unrestricted support for the Museum’s ongoing preservation and education activities.

As of November 24, 2015
Frederick Douglass Leader
Cathy and Jim Stone
William Lloyd Garrison Presenter
Eastern Bank
Maria Stewart Underwriter
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
New England Patriots
Absalom Boston Presenter
Carol Deane
EMC Corporation
Robert Gould Shaw Associate
Bank of America
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Fidelity Institutional Asset Management
Lawrence and Atsuko Fish
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Marzuq Muhammad and Mary Alexandre
Eunice Ross Supporter
Bunker Hill Community College
Carmen Fields and Lorenz Finison, Ph.D.
Lewis Hayden Contributor
Cassandra and Philip Clay
Ted Cutler
David and Loretta Garrison
Marcy Gefter
Kenneth S. Greenberg
James Hoyte and Norma Dinnall
Clark and Jane Moeller
Daniel Mullin
National Park Service/Boston African American Historic Site
Lewis Hayden Contributor
Red Sox Foundation
Deborah Scott and Ralph Martin
Horace Seldon
Marcia and Richard Soden
Sandra Urie and Frank Herron
Bennie and Flash Wiley
Susan Paul Friend
Vivian C. Beard
Jackie Benson Jones
Blackside, Inc.
Lori Catallozzi
Stephen P. Crosby and Helen R. Strieder
Harron Ellenson and Roger Snow
Emerson College
Paul and Mary Fernandes
Edith Griffin
Doug Hammerstrom and Diane Harris
Beverly Hector-Smith
Phyllis and Kermit Holliday
Arlyne A. Jackson
Paul and Linda Karoff
Elizabeth T. Mayer
Bunny Meyer
Manuel Otega
Harry and Frances Pratt
Marita Rivero
Bert Seager and Renée Loth
Sidney Topol
Kristin Waters
Preston and Constance Williams
Contributors

Past Honorees
Harry Belafonte (2014)
The Honorable Margaret Burnham (2014)
The Honorable Thomas M. Menino (2014)
George A. Russell, Jr. (2013)
Anna Deavere Smith (2013)
Cathleen Douglas Stone (2013)
James M. Stone (2013)
Dr. S. Allen Counter (2012)
Diane B. Patrick (2012)
Jim Rice (2012)
The Honorable William S. Cohen (2011)
Janet Langhart Cohen (2011)
Edmund F. Kelly (2011)
Marita Rivero (2011)
Dr. Augustus A. White, III (2011)
The Honorable Deval L. Patrick (2009)
The Honorable Carol Fulp (2009)
Charles Ogletree (2009)
The Honorable Alan Solomont (2009)
The Tuskegee Airmen, New England Region (2009)
The Honorable Denise Nappier (2008)
Kenneth Guscott (2008)
George Wein (2008)
Kenneth Gamble (2007)
Earl G. Graves Jr. (2007)
Glendora McIlwain Putnam (2007)
The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy (2006)
Edward O. Owens (2006)
Liz Walker (2006)
The Honorable Edward W. Brooke (2005)
Dr. James O. Horton and Dr. Lois F. Horton (2005)
Daphne Maxwell Reid and Tim Reid (2005)
The Honorable Joyce London Alexander (2004)
Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2004)
Cicely Tyson (2002)
Ossie Davis (2001)

Drs. Linda A. Clayton and W. Michael Byrd, Award for Medical Research
and Writing (2002)
Barbara White, Award for Nantucket History (2002)
Irene Smalls, Award for Children’s Literature (2002)
Northeastern University Press, Award for Publishing (2002)
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Award for Preservation (2002)
Lois Brown, Ph.D., Award for Scholarship and Research (2001)
The National Park Service, Award for Community Service (2001)
The Honorable Julian T. Houston, Award for Jurisprudence (2001)
Helen Seager, Award for Volunteerism (2001)
Proctor Academy, Award for Education (2001)
John Burchill, The National Park Service (2001)
African American History Awards

About the Museum
When Boston’s free black community began construction on the nation’s first African Meeting House in 1806,
they had a vision. Free black craftsmen would build a gathering place to worship, educate children and adults,
engage in all manner of political and cultural life, and launch a strategic campaign to abolish slavery. In the
decades that followed, there were historic meetings hosted by black and white abolitionists, whose steadfast
commitments and gallant actions changed this nation. The Meeting House became known as the black Faneuil
Hall. Centuries later, the oldest extant African American church building in the country that also later served as a
synagogue, still stands on the north slope of Beacon Hill. The adjacent Abiel Smith School (b.1835) celebrates its
own proud history. It is the first building in the nation constructed to serve as a public school for black children.
On Nantucket, the African Meeting House (c.1820’s), also a National Historic Landmark, is the only public
building constructed and occupied by African Americans in the 19th century still standing on island. This small
post-and-beam structure represents the most vivid reminder of a thriving black maritime community and the
school and church that was at the center of civil rights activists of the 19th century. The Seneca Boston-Florence
Higginbotham House (c.1774) was built on land purchased before the Revolutionary War by Seneca Boston, a
weaver and formerly enslaved man. His wife Thankful (Micah) and he were parents to Absalom Boston, entrepre-
neur, whaling captain, and community leader who helped to build the Meeting House.
All four major structures are national in their scope and powerful in their significance to Massachusetts and
United States history. They embody the stories of organized black communities from the Colonial Period
through the 19th century that advanced the cause of freedom through a strategic network of Northern coastal
communities. The Museum is dedicated to preserving these buildings and related collections, and interpreting
them for the region and the nation, each year welcoming visitors from around the world.
The Museum of African American History is New England’s largest
museum dedicated to preserving, conserving, and accurately interpreting
the contributions of people of African descent, and those with whom
they found common cause in the struggle for liberty, dignity, and justice
for all. Founded in 1967, its Boston and Nantucket campuses feature
four historic sites — three are National Historic Landmarks — and two
Black Heritage Trails®. These treasures represent the most important
National Historic Landmarks related to African American history in the
United States.

Legacy Society
Anonymous (2)
Levi and Jeanne Adams
Vivian C. Beard
Michael Bentinck-Smith
Edward and Sandra Blackman
Audra Bohannon
Lori Smith Britton and Milton L. Britton, Jr.
Michele Courton Brown and Philip Brown
Wayne and Jacqui Budd
Rick and Nonnie Burnes
Katherine Burton Jones
Clayton and Christine Christensen
Eugene and Meredith Clapp
Dr. Phillip and Cassandra Clay
Rena Clark
John F. Cogan and Mary Cornille
Dr. Graham Colditz and Pat Cox
Carol Deane
John and Lydia Diamond
Alisa Drayton
Charles S. Dutton
Harron Ellenson and Roger Snow
George and Angela Ellis
Pamela D. Everhart and Karl Coiscou
Mary A. Fernandes
Carmen Fields and Lorenz J. Finison, Ph.D.
Larry and Atsuko Fish
The Legacy Society is a growing network of dedicated individuals who have committed $1,000 or more to the
Museum for five years. The annual support of this community sustains the work of the Museum of African
American History and upholds the legacy of the founders of the African Meeting House. Members receive
special benefits including invitations to member-only events and recognition in Museum programs.
Carol and Bernard Fulp
Lloyd Garrison*
Marcy Gefter and Thomas Lemberg
Eugene E. Grant
Lynette Glover Griffin and Leslie “Skip” Griffin
Michael Grogan
Steven and Barbara Grossman
Cecil Guscott
Valerie and Kenneth Guscott
Lisa Guscott
Chandra Harrington
Jason Harris
Leslie E. Harris
Margaret B. Harrison
Sandra Henriquez
Brent Henry and Minnie Baylor-Henry
Georgine R. Hill
James Hoyte and Norma Dinnall
Roderick Ireland and Alice Alexander
Derrick Z. Jackson
Jackie Jenkins-Scott and James Scott
Beverley E. Johnson
Charla Jones
Stephen and Jill Karp
Hannah L. Kilson
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
*deceased

Legacy Society
The Legacy Society is a growing network of dedicated individuals who have committed $1,000 or more to the
Museum for five years. The annual support of this community sustains the work of the Museum of African
American History and upholds the legacy of the founders of the African Meeting House. Members receive
special benefits including invitations to member-only events and recognition in Museum programs.
Marcia Lloyd and Daniel Shannon
Anne Lovett and Stephen Woodsum
Lloyd McKenzie
Keith and Angela Motley
Charles and Pamela Ogletree, Jr.
Edward and Maureen Owens
Robert and Elizabeth Owens
M. Lee Pelton
A. Robert Phillips
Colette Phillips
Robert H. Prince, Jr.
Vikki L. Pryor
Glendora McIlwain Putnam
Marzuq Muhammad and Mary Alexandre
Sharon Reilly
Marita Rivero
George Russell and Faye Sampson-Russell
Macey Russell and Roberta Goganian
Takako G. Sato Salvi
Clayton Samuels and Aisha Francis Samuels
Helaine A. Simmonds
Gail Snowden
Richard and Marcia Soden
Sylvia Stevens-Edouard and Chelinde Edouard
James and Cathy Stone
Rebecca and Elwin Sykes
Janet and Bruce Taylor
Susan Wagner
Charles E. Walker, Jr., Esq.
Edith L. Walker
Richard C. Walker, III
Roslyn Watson
Constance and Preston Williams
Sharon and Leon Wilson
Danice L. Woodley

Board of Directors
Cathleen Douglas Stone, Chair
James S. Hoyte, First Vice Chair, Strategic Planning & Board Development
David Garrison, Vice Chair, Development
Paul Karoff, Vice Chair, Historic Sites
Robert Mitchell, Chair, Marketing
Sylvia Stevens-Edouard, Second Vice Chair Special Events
Clayton Samuels, Treasurer
Muhammad Ali-Salaam
Reginald Champagne
Marcy Gefter
Jacqueline Glenn
Kenneth Greenberg
Robert P. Mitchell
Marzuq Muhammad
Stanley Onuoha
M. Lee Pelton
Richard Soden
Rebecca Miller Sykes
Louis Wilson
Honorary Members
Samuel W. Allen*
Ruth M. Batson*
Henry Hampton*
Thomas M. Menino*
Robert O. Preyer
Marita Rivero
*deceased
John S. Rock

On-site education programs offered for K-12, college, and adult groups:
• Freedom Rising: Reading, Writing, and Publishing Black Books Exhibit Tours introduce students,
educators, and visitors to the rich history of African American literature and the power of the written word
in the pursuit of social justice from the 18th century to today.
• The Abiel Smith School Classroom: Giant Steps in a Small Space invites elementary school students to
imagine themselves as the young scholars of the Smith School in the 1830s, where a first person
interpretation of Smith School teacher Susan Paul brings the 19th century classroom to life.
• Dig and Discover welcomes students across grade levels to become archaeologists, conducting a simulated
“dig” and learning about the important role of archaeology in uncovering the hidden stories of our historic
sites and the Beacon Hill and Nantucket black communities.
• They Spoke Here: Abolitionists’ Debates challenges high school students to take on a real issue that
divided the abolitionist movement and, using primary sources and the authentic voices of abolitionist men
and women, conduct a debate in the African Meeting House, where many discussions and decisions about
the course of the movement took place over 150 years ago.
On-site and outreach programs offered to a broad range of schools
and educators:
• Boston Public Schools including Greater Egleston High School,
Mather Elementary, Conservatory Lab Charter School
• Greater Boston Schools including Catholic Memorial High
School, Prospect Hill Academy, and Cambridge Public Schools
• Colleges and Universities including Suffolk University and
Simmons College
MLK Summer Scholars – Now in its seventh year, the MLK Scholars
program allows seven high school students to work at the Museum in
July and August, during which time they participate in the Teacher Summer Institute, provide tours to visiting
camp and student groups, and, in the summer of 2015, developed their own video project inspired by the
Museum’s historic sites and contemporary issues. The Scholars’ video, Black Culture: Not for Auction, was
produced in collaboration with Press Pass TV and is available online.
Education Program Highlights
Our education programs engage learners of all ages through a series of hands-on, interactive programs that
employ place-based learning at our historic sites and draw on rich, cutting-edge scholarship across the fields
of history, archaeology, literature, and more. In 2015, the Education Department continued to expand and
enhance its impact through new programs and partnerships, including:

Education Program Highlights cont’d
Bunker Hill Community College Partnership – Now in its third year, MAAH staff have partnered with
BHCC faculty and administrators to offer a range of programs and experiences serving BHCC’s diverse faculty
and students:
• 35 Education Tours and Programs for BHCC groups, both on-site at the Museum and on-campus, serving
over 600 students and 19 faculty and staff
• Faculty Summer Institute held in June 2015 with participants representing the Community Engagement,
Behavioral Sciences, English, ESL, and Visual Art Departments
• MAAH Director of Education and Interpretation L’Merchie Frazier featured in BHCC Art Gallery solo
exhibition, In Sight, Eternally Here: African American Landscapes of Freedom, February – April 2015
Teacher and Faculty Summer Institutes and Educator Cohort Initiative
• 45 teachers and faculty served, representing Bunker Hill Community College, Roxbury Community
College, Boston Public Schools History and Social Studies Department, Braintree Public Schools History
and Social Studies Department, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, Brockton High School, Watertown
High School, The Sage School, Boston Latin Academy, Castle of
Our Skins
• A new Educator Cohort Initiative, in which MAAH Education
staff work with Institute participants throughout the
academic year in order to develop lesson plans and educational
experiences that implement the content and approaches
introduced during the Institute.
Coming up in 2016:
• Google+ Connected Classrooms will allow MAAH to offer live virtual field trips via video call to classes
across the country that would otherwise not be able to experience our historic sites
• Google Cultural Institute online collections and digital exhibition platform will allow MAAH to share
collections with a broader audience than ever before, including teachers and students
• Launch of online collaborative education space in conjunction with the Educator Cohort Initiative that
will allow teachers to share lesson plans, resources, and ideas with MAAH and with each other

Exhibit Highlights
Freedom Rising: Reading, Writing, and Publishing Black Books
On view through Spring 2016
Black Books places pioneering works of 18th and 19th century black authors in dialogue with more
contemporary works across a wide array of selected genres including poetry, fiction, autobiography, medicine,
military experience, sociology, music, and more. This body of literature represents a multidisciplinary
exploration of the early black community of Boston and their purposeful, powerful, and prophetic use of the
written word in their pursuit of freedom, social justice, and civil rights, as well as artistic and creative expression
from the 18th century to the present. The exhibited works and objects are drawn from the Museum’s collection
of antique and historic books, American Antiquarian Society, Massachusetts Historical Society, and the Clark
Collection of African American Literature, housed at Suffolk University’s Mildred F. Sawyer Library and
co-owned by the Museum, and Boston African American National Historic Site. The
exhibit features such landmark works as:
• Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773)
• William Wells Brown’s The Escape, or, A Leap for Freedom: A Drama in Five Acts (1858)
• Nancy Prince’s Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince (1853)
• Solomon Northup’s Twelve Years a Slave (1853)

Upcoming Exhibit
Picturing Frederick Douglass
Spring 2016
In June 2016, the Museum will open a new exhibit, Picturing Frederick Douglass featuring over 100 images of
the famous abolitionist taken between 1841 and 1895. Few realize that Douglass was the most photographed
man during the 19th century with 160 surviving images. By comparison, there are 130 images of President
Abraham Lincoln.
Douglass, who loved photography, sat for photographers every chance he
could get. He firmly believed that through photographs Americans could
view positive and accurate images of African Americans, countering the
negative portrayals and caricatures prevalent in the 19th century.
The exhibit will be curated by Dr. John Stauffer, Harvard University
professor of English and American Literature, American Studies and
African American Studies. Stauffer and Zoe Trodd (University of
Nottingham) conducted extensive research in the U. S. and Europe to
locate the Douglass images recently published in their book, Picturing
Frederick Douglass.

Public Program Highlights
Boston
MAAH Music Concert Series
In 2015, the Museum was pleased to continue offering our annual MAAH Music series. It has become a staple of
the Museum’s public programming, with diverse music offered by students and professors from the New England
Conservatory, the Handel+Haydn Society (H+H), Berklee College of Music, Jazz Boston, and other local and
nationally renowned musicians.
Concerts this year included:
• Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Concert with the City of Boston and the Boston Youth Symphony
Orchestra
• A Concert for Justice with NEC
• A Musical Premiere in a Storied Space with the Imagine Orchestra
• Tribute to Black Composers with H+H
• Oh! Freedom with Castle of our Skins
Lectures, Book Signings, Conversations
In addition to MAAH Music, the Museum is thrilled to offer a wide variety of speakers and authors for its
public programs. Enjoying strong partnerships with The Emerald Necklace Conservancy, Boston National
African American Historic Site, Huntington Theatre Company, Beacon Hill Scholars, National Center for Race
Amity, Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, and others, we have been able to provide our audience with
inspiring talks, powerful poetry, and deeper insight into the history we steward.
Programs this year included:
• Slam Poetry Night with the Huntington Theatre Company
• From the Pyramids to the Projects…From the Projects to the Stars with Askia M. Touré
• Radical Presence: Black Faces, White Spaces and Stories of Possibility with Dr. Carolyn Finney
• Black Votes Matter with Bob Moses
• Remembering the Life and Legacy of Abraham Lincoln with Dr. John Stauffer
• Growing Up X:Marking the 90th Birthday of Malcolm X with Ilyasah Shabazz
• The Struggle Continues:2015 Millennium Conversation & Town Hall Meeting on the 50th Anniversary of
the Voting Rights Act
• All Men Free and Brethren with Peter P. Hinks & Stephen Kantrowitz
• Frederick Douglass: The Most Photographed Man of the 19th Century with Dr. John Stauffer and Dr. Zoe
Trodd

Public Program Highlights
Nantucket
MAAH Music Concert Series
In May, the Museum reignited the MAAH Music concert series on Nantucket featuring live performances in
the African Meeting House and continued the tradition of showcasing musical talent from around the region.
Hosted by Kathy and Neville Richen, Jazz After Sunset returned with four popular musicians: Nigel Goss
(bass), ECliff Graves (drums), Aidan Sherry (guitar), and Jason Sullivan (guitar). The series continued on the
last Sunday of every month through September.
Lectures, Book Signings, Conversations
Spriggs Lecture: Dr. Craig Steven Wilder on Race, Slavery, and the Ivy Leagues
Dr. Wilder presented a lecture based off his critically acclaimed book Ebony & Ivy: Race,
Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities. He shared insights on the
uncomfortable truths about race, slavery, and the American academy, and spoke about
the history of oppression behind the institutions usually considered the cradle of liberal
ideas.
Other public programs on Nantucket included:
• Honoring the Life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with Dr. William Roberts
• A Portrayal of Absalom Boston with Neville Richen
• Remembering Women through Architecture & Preservation with Marsha Fader
• Invisible: A Memoir of Reverend William B. Oliver with C.E. Soule
• Florence Higginbotham’s Kitchen Tour

OUR INSTITUTIONAL FUNDERS
With Gratitude
The Museum is grateful for gifts from its corporation, foundation, organization, and government supporters
whose generosity during 2014 and 2015 funds our annual educational and public programs, the preservation of
our historic sites, and general operations.
Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund
American Express Foundation
Bank of America
Barr Foundation
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Blue Hills Bank
Boston Cultural Council
Bunker Hill Community College
Butler’s Hole Fund
Clipper Ship Foundation
Cogan Family Foundation
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Cummings Foundation
Eastern Bank
Entergy
Highland Street Foundation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.
Klarman Family Foundation
Mass Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission
Massachusetts Cultural Council
Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund
Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism & Special Events
Nantucket Community Preservation Committee
National Center for Race Amity
The National Park Service
One World Cuisine
Suffolk University
Tupancy-Harris Foundation
Twelfth Baptist Church, Inc.
Unitarian Church of Nantucket

OUR INDIVIDUAL DONORS AND MEMBERS
Thank You
The Museum is grateful for our individual donors and members who make generous annual gifts up to $5,000.
Their loyal and continuous support of our educational and public programs, historic sites, and general
operations sustains our work.
Jonathan Abbott and Shari Malyn
John Achatz and Mary Farrell
Levi and Jeanne Adams
Beverly Adams-Vanlandingham
Cecil Adderley
Paul and Evelyne Alexander
Muhammad Ali-Salaam
Nicole Aljoe
Irving and Betty Allen
Kim Alleyne
Rebecca Alleyne-Holtzclaw
Robert Allison
Amy Anthony
Shoshana Arai
Laura Armstead
Shrada Atkins
Gilberto Atkinson
Yalem Ayalew
Craig Bailey
Krystal Banfield
Gaurdia Banister and Paul Smith
Pamela Banks
Evelyn Barbee
Sibylle Barlow
Byron and Kathleen Barnett
Lorraine Barra
Brenda Barrett
Edward and Anne Barron
Lawford Baxter
Caroline Bays
Robert Beal
David Beck and Gregory Van Boven
Patricia Beckles
Henry Becton
Michael Bennett
Katherine Benson
Lawrence Bentley
Elaine Bernard
Jane Bestor
M. Wyllis Bibbins
Judy Ann Bigby
D’Mon Bills
Pauline Bilsky
Del Brook Binns
Donna Bivens
Edward and Sandra Blackman
Juliet Blanco
Kevin and Deborah Block-Schwenk
Barry Bluestone and M.E. Colten
Irwin Blumer
Robert and Bundy Boit
Margot Botsford and Stephen Rosenfeld
Wendell Bourne
Beth Bower
Jane Bowers
Kerry Bowie
Linda Bowman
Darryl Boykins
Dean Branson
Lise Breen
Anthony Brewer
Heidi Brooks
John Brothers
Leonard and Cheryl Brown
Edgar and Clara Brown
George Brown
Henry and Melinda Brown
Michele Courton Brown and
Philip Brown
Richard Brown
Thabiti Brown
Vanessa Brown
Yvonne Brown
Marie-Therese Browne
Wayne and Jacqui Budd
Anita Burke Johnson
Bob and Barbara Burkham
Richard and Nonnie Burnes
Dorothy Burnham
Margaret Burnham and
Max Stern
Thelma Burns
Jonathan Bush
Deborah Bussey
Cherie Butts
Lynne Byall Benson
Matthew Caldwell
Frank Campbell
Angeleen Campra
Bettina Carbonell
Stephen and Candance Carr
William and Wendy Carter
Maud Carter-Fischer
Lori Catallozzi
Fay Chandler
Douglas Charron
Daniel and B. L. Chase
Mary Christie
Justina Chu
Kelley Chunn
David and Ann Cioffi
Dorothy Clark
Grace Clark
H. Edward Clark
Phillip and Cassandra Clay

Thank You
John Coburn
James Cofield
Sherdena Cofield
John Cogan and Mary Cornille
Graham Colditz and Pat Cox
David Coleman
Lisa Coleman
Ann Coles
Addie Collins Johnson
Dan Connell
Thomas Corcoran
Patricia Costello
William and Stacy Cowan
Andrea Cox
Edye and Alfred Cox
George Cox
Amelia Crawford
Julie Crockford and Sheridan Haines
Adelaide Cromwell
Stephen Crosby and
Helen Strieder
Henry and Claudette Crouse
Nancy Crowder
Ted Cutler
Beth Danesco
Alice Daniel
Guy and Caroline Darst
Danese Davis
John and Diane Davis
Marilyn Day
Denise De Murcie
Booker De Vaughn
Carol Deane
Josephson Delpeche
Dean Denniston
Booker Devaughn
Michelle Dhanda
Priscilla Dickson
Loretta Dixon
Paul and Susan Donahue
Susan Donnelly
Richard Donoho
Priscilla Douglas
John Douhan
Margaret Downes
Rose Downes
Alisa Drayton
Michael and Katherine Dukakis
Bob and Nancy Earsy
Paul Earsy
Cabot and Ruby Easton
Sally Ebeling
Aisha Edwards
Wendy Elliott
Sarah Ellis
Nicole Ethridge
Marjorie Eure
Alice Evans
Pamela Everhart and Karl Coiscou
Hugh Fenderson
Rose Fennell and Terri Neufeglise
Paul and Mary Fernandes
Carmen Fields and Lorenz Finison
Karl Finison
Lawrence and Atsuko Fish
Len Fishman and Susan Schnur
Newell Flather
Rob Flax
Carole Flink
Sandy Francis
Marilyn Frankenstein
Elmer and Carlene Freeman
Ola Friday
Benjamin and Barbara Friedman
Leslie Frohring
Bernard and Carol Fulp
Frank and Janet Garrison
Janet Garrison
Frank Gazzola
Marcy Gefter and Thomas Lemberg
Susan Gibellan
Roland Gibson
Adrian Gillard
F. Gillard
John Gillis
Kenneth Gilmartin
Vincent Giovannucci
Robert Gittens
David and Marilyn Glater
William Glatfelter
Robyn Glover
Edward and Despy Goldberg
Pamela Goldstein and Michael Gefers
Matthew and Dolores Goode
Ashe Gordon
Lucinda Gorry
Anne Grady
Frederic and Barbara Grant
R. Grant
Mark Gray
Avi Green
Kenneth Greenberg
Nicholas and Marjorie Greville
Edith Griffin
Ethan Griffin
Lynette Glover Griffin and
Leslie Skip Griffin
Nancy Griffin
Tonya Grimes
Michael Grogan
Alan and Jacqueline Gropman
Elizabeth Haines
Frankie and Mary Hall
Gloria Hall
Doug Hammerstrom and
Diane Harris

Thank You
Margaret Hammond
Dennis Hanno
Ellen Harde
Winnifred Harding
Chandraleela Harrington
Kevin Harris
Leslie and Beverly Harris
Rick Harris
Wesley Harris
Nicole Harrison
Ron Harris-White
Daphne Harwood
Lucy Haskins
Keitha Hassell
Jacquelyn Hawkins
Jacquelyn Hawkinson
Beverly Hector-Smith
Herman Hemingway
Galen Henderson and Vanessa Britto
Sean Hennessey
Brent and Minnie Henry
Vickie Henry
Jill Herbert
Linda Marinda Heywood-Thornton
and John Thornton
Evelyn Higginbotham
Curdina Hill
Nancy Hill and Rendall Howell
Howard and Carol Hillman
Betty Hillmon
Geraldine Hines
Brenda Hite
William Hobbs
Arthur and Eloise Hodges
Kermit and Phyllis Holliday
Winslow Holman
Janice Hoover
James and Lois Horton
Patricia Horwitz
Shareda Hosein
Julian and Susan Houston
Pamela Howard
James Hoyte and Norma Dinnal
Eric Hunter
Carol Hurd Green
Segun Idowu
Nicole Ifill
Roderick Ireland and Alice Alexander
Woody and Elizabeth Ives
Arlyne Jackson
Eric and Linda Jackson
Jonathan and Elizabeth James-Perry
Phyllis Janey
Jackie Jenkins-Scott and James Scott
Walter Jennings
Shirley Jobe
Bonnie Johnson
Cecily Johnson
Lloyd Johnson
Robyn Johnson
Willard and Vivian Johnson
Travis Johnson-Ball
Charla Jones
Hubie and Katherine Jones
Jacqueline Jones
Leslie Jones
Mimi Jones
Roberta Jones-Booker
Carolyne Lamar Jordan and
Lawrence Jordan
Larry and Myechia Jordan
Beth Kantrowitz and Ben Scheindlin
Stephen Kantrowitz
Vusama Kariba
Paul and Linda Karoff
Vicki Kaufman
Hattie Kea
Nancy Kelley
Martin and Marion Kilson
Jonathan Kindron
Elaine Kordis
Paul Kosak
Elmer and Shirley Kountze
Thomas and Katherine Kush
Joan La Coss
David and Joan Landon
John and Ann Landry
Michealle Larkins
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Gene and Katherine Lee
Henry and Joan Lee
Dorothy Leef
David Leinbach
Charles Leoney
Ilene Lerner
Vincent Licenziato
Serge Limontas
Jeanette and Christine Draper
Marcia Lloyd and Daniel Shannon
Barbara Loatman
Christopher and Pamela Lohmann
Bayard Love
Anne Lovett and Stephen Woodsum
Jeff and Angie Lowe
Charlot Lucien
Bessie Lyman
Susan Lyon
Nancy Macmillan
Maria Madison
Carole Marcacci and Eric Hilfer
Temba Marqubela
Anita Martin
Darla Martin
Jamiese Martin
Joan Martin
Mary Martin
Ralph Martin and Deborah Scott

Thank You
Pamela Mason
Rudy Abigail Kimberly Mathieu
Kevin Matthews
Frances Mattocks
Karen Maund
Elizabeth Mayer
James McCarthy and
Magda Ghanma
Timothy McCarthy
Donna McDaniel
Judith McDonough
James and Yvonne McFarland
Peter McGhee
Cherie McGill
Richard McGregory
James and Sarah McIntosh
Margaret McKinney
Melvin McKinney
Kim McLaurin
Tamara McNeill
Thomas and Elaine Meisenzahl
Richard and Ronay Menschel
Ann Merrifield and
Wayne Clifford Davis
Charles Merrill and
Julie Boudreaux
Marie Metoyer
Jeffrey Marshall Millett and
Mariana San Martin
Francine Mills
Rachel Miselman
Robert Mitchell
Clark Moeller
James and Joy Morris
Keith and Angela Motley
Marzuq Muhammad and
Mary Alexandre
Barbara Munden
William Murrell
Victoria Nadel
Marva Nathan
Camille Nelson
James and Judith Dilday
Peter and Ruth Nicholas
Wendy Nicholas Dorsey
Stephen Nolan
Glenavie Norton
Diana Nugent
Femi and Nicole Obi
Charles and Pamela Ogletree
Anne Olson
Jean Olson
Robert and Lorraine Olson
Frederick Opie
Manuel Ortega
Edward and Maureen Owens
Peter Owens
Robert and Elizabeth Owens
Austinea Palmer
Paula Paris
Sheila Parks
Rodney and Denise Patmon
Ruth Patterson
Clara Payne
M. Lee Pelton
J.H. Daingerfield and
Constance Perry
Betsy Peterson
Julia Petipas
Kevin Phelan
Becky Pierce
Chester Pierce
Rebecca Pierce and Mike Prokosch
Jeanette Pina
Edward Pinkus and Gail Banks
William and Lia Poorvu
Edward Post
Robert and Elizabeth Pozen
Harold and Frances Pratt
Bruce Price
Imelda Price
Paula Price
Stacy Pringle
Christine Purcell
Glendora Putnam
Shiela Record-Stanley
Sharon Redd
Tyrone Reed
Carol Reid
Richard and Nancy Reynolds
James and Corine Rice
Judy Richardson
Neville and Kathy Richen
Clinton Richmond and Suzanne
Federspiel
Rebecca Ridley
Valerie Roberson
Kay Roberts
Mia Roberts
Eileen Robertson
John Robinson
Teresa Rodriguez
Eleanor Rosellini
Jonathan and Lorraine Roses
Michael and Karen Rotenberg
Rebecca Rowley
Raymond Rowntree
Byron Rushing and Frieda Garcia
Macey Russell and Roberta Goganian
Greg Sabine and Marian Adam Paush
Clayton Samuels and
Aisha Francis-Samuels
Helen Samuels and Greg Anderson
Adda Santos-Smith
Thaleia Schlesinger
Steve and Anne Schmitt
Kenneth and Cynthia Scott

Thank YouBert Seager and Renee Loth
Helen Seager
John Sears
Horace Seldon
Darryl and Lisa Settles
Nancy Sevrens
Sharif Sharif
Linda Sharpe
Gilda Sharpe Etteh
Jane Shaw
Sarah-Ann Shaw
Anne Sheetz
Greg and Michelle Shell
Andrea Shellman
Roger Sheppard
Jane Sherman
Paul Sherman
Stephanie Shields
Richard and Jennifer Siegel
Therese Signaigo
Noah Gardner and
Keyanna Silverman-Maddox
Helaine Simmonds
Gracelaw Simmons
Sylvia Simmons
David Smikle
David Smith
Jean Smith
Lois Anne Smith
Robert and Elizabeth Smith
Sidra Smith
David and Mary Smoyer
Peter Snoad
Roger Snow and Harron Ellenson
Richard and Marcia Soden
Veronica Solomon
Charles and Elna Soule
Helen Soussou
Marie Spivey
Wendy Stansbury-O’Donnell
Joanna Starr
Madeleine Steczynski
Michele Steinberg
Jody Steiner
Jerry and Dorrett Stephenson
Sylvia Stevens-Edouard and
Chelinde Edouard
Debbie Stevens-Wright
James and Cathy Stone
Tracy Strain
Barbara Strell
Lavert Stuart
Charles and Linda Sullivan
Margaret Sullivan
Jim Sulzer
James Sumner
Elwin and Rebecca Sykes
Lucille Taitt
Benjamin and Katherine Taylor
Daniel and Karen Taylor
Tilly Teixeira
Michael and Annlinnea Terranova
Althea Terrell
William and Susan Thompson
Mary Tiseo
Lisa Todd
Cynthia Toomer
Steve Triplett
Donald Tucker
Louis Tucker
Edward and Haroldine Tyler
Irma Tyler-Wood
Sandra Urie and Frank Herron
Anne Louise Van Nostrand
Joseph Vera
Peeranut Visetsuth
James Vrabel
Jeptha Wade
Susan Wagner
Charles E. Walker, Jr. and
Patricia Elam-Walker
Edith Walker
Richard C. Walker, III
Deborah Washington
Milton and Nancy Washington
Kristin Waters
Michael Watkins
Roslyn Watson
Kathleen Weiler
George Wein
Austin Wertheimer
Augustus and Anita White, III
Chayla White
Sherry White
Carolyn Whiting
Maxwell and Sylvia Whiting
Bonni Widdoes and Terry Dangel
Willie Wideman
Elizabeth Wilkinson
Cheryl Williams
Lillian Williams
Loretta Williams
Preston and Constance Williams
Louis and Alona Wilson
Joan Wilson-Godeau
Martella Wilson-Taylor
Marilyn Wise
Gabriel Wishik
Heather Wishik
John Wofford
Yvonne Wolf
Jared Wollaston
Barbara Wooten
Renee Wormack-Keels
Paul and Judith Wright
Diana Wylie
Donald and Mary Yacovone
Joyce Yaffee
Mary Yeaton
Joyce Zarins
Alex Zauderer

Staff
AND CONSULTANTS
Marita Rivero
Boston and Nantucket Staff
Julie Burleigh, Grants Officer
Nancy Cao, Donor Relations Manager
L’Merchie Frazier, Director of Education and Interpretation
Samantha Gibson, Manager of Education and Interpretation
Chandra Harrington, Collections Manager
Suzana Haxhiaj, Accountant
Arlene Hobson, Senior Director of Finance and Administration
Daphanie Iglehart, Digital Content Associate
Cara Liasson, Collections Associate
Amy Lowe, Development Associate
Lynn DuVal Luse, Director of Marketing and Programming
Tobias Major, Museum Services Associate
Kimal McCarthy, Nantucket Manager
Diana Parcon, Director of Capital Improvements and Facility Operations
Esther Pascal, Museum Store Associate
Lori Smith-Britton, Senior Development Officer
Consultants
Lois Brown, Scholar
Marcia Fader, Architect
Cheryl LaRoche, Scholar
Gina LaRoche, Seven Stones Leadership
Karl Wirka, KublerWirka
Historical Photo Credits: Herbert Collins Collection, Trustees of the Boston Public Library Rare Books

Become a Corporate Member
Beacon Hill Sponsor $10,000
• Named sponsor of a public program hosted by your CEO
• Private exhibit tour with Museum Director
• 25% discount on rental
• A speaker with priority scheduling, including for Black History Month
• Employee Family Day
• Special invitations to private functions for executives
• Logo on website
• All other benefits listed below
Nantucket Partner $5,000
• Special invitations to Museum programs and private functions
• A tailored workshop, presentation, or event
• 25% reduction in fee for a speaker
• Priority scheduling for rental space
• Employees and students receive free admission with valid I.D.
• All other benefits listed below
Smith Court Associate $2,500
• 40 single-use general admission passes
• Listing on one education or public program
• 10% discount Museum Store purchases
• Special invitations to programs for Executives
• Listing and company link on sponsor page of website
For more details on how to become a corporate member, please visit
https://maah.ejoinme.org/corpmembership or email Lori Britton at lbritton@maah.org.

Please Visit Us
Admission
$5.00 Adults | $3.00 Youth (13-17) & Seniors 62+
Free Members and Children 12 & under | Group Rates & Memberships
Black Heritage Trail® Walking Tours
Free Guided & Self-Guided Tours
MAAH.ORG • boston & nantucket | NPS.GOV/BOAF • boston only
African Meeting House (b.1806)
Abiel Smith School (b.1835)
46 Joy Street, Beacon Hill
M - Sa 10AM - 4PM
617.725.0022 x22 or x330/weekends
African Meeting House (c.1820)
Seneca Boston-Florence
Higginbotham House (c.1774)
29 York Street, Five Corners
Visit MAAH.org for hours or call:
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