Renton History Museum Adult and Family Programs
Spring 2010 Speaker Series
Please join us at the Renton History Museum for our fall program series. Programs are free with regular Museum admission, and are always free for members.
Renton History Museum is located at 235 Mill Ave. S., Renton, WA 98057. Phone: 425-255-2330.
February 9th at 5:00 p.m. Celebration of Black History Month.
Nettie Asberry – Events in the Life of a Free-Born.
Eva Abram will bring to life Mrs. Nettie Asberry, the only free-born child in her family in the era of slavery. Mrs. Asberry relives the uncertain times of travelling to the Northwest in search of work and a new life. You will admire her determination and pride as she tells of her involvement in the events of the day including the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, the fight against lynching, and the struggle for voting rights.
Appropriate for teenage audiences and up
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March 23rd at 5:00 p.m. Celebration of 100 Years of Women Suffrage and Women’s Month. Barbara Callander and Toni Douglas will present
May’s Vote.
A century ago, prim and proper Emma Smith DeVoe and outrageous, flamboyant May Arkwright Hutton worked side by side to win the vote for women in Washington. DeVoe, based in western Washington, was a professional suffrage organizer trained by Susan B. Anthony. She believed that in order to win the vote, it was imperative to approach men in a ladylike manner. Hutton, rags-to-riches Spokane millionaire and ex-mining camp cook, could not have disagreed more. May's Vote presents Emma and May from their respective childhoods through the noisy public struggle that ended with success in 1910. Their triumph demonstrates that we do not always have to agree in order to achieve a common goal.
Appropriate for teenage audiences and up.
April 10th at 11:00 a.m. Rhythms of Zimbabwe.
Lora Chiorah-Dye is the Artistic Director for LORA & Sukutai Marimba and Dance Ensemble that interprets Zimbabwean culture. According to Ms. Chiorah-Dye, “There is no distinction between audience and performers in my culture. If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing!” Come and be a part of the fun as she engages families in storytelling, children's games, singing, and dances from Zimbabwe.
Audience: children through adult.
May 4th at 5:00 p.m.
Speaking Truth to Power: Modern Lessons from Historic Injustice.
Jack Hamann,
an author, documentary producer and journalist is the author of the award-winning On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of WWII.
Mr. Hamann’s presentation traces the remarkable story of the reversal of a historic injustice.
In 1944 at Washington’s Fort Lawton, dozens of African-American soldiers were charged with rioting and the lynching of an Italian prisoner of war; they endured the longest Army court-martial of World War II. More than six decades later, the discovery of documents in the National Archives led to the reversal of their conviction and an unprecedented apology from the U.S. Government.
Appropriate for teenage audiences and up.