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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Posted by <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Christine Gray</st1:PersonName>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: H-Net Discussion List on Maryland History and Culture
[mailto:H-MARYLAND@H-NET.MSU.EDU] On Behalf Of Mary Beth Corrigan<br>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 7:34 PM<br>
To: H-MARYLAND@H-NET.MSU.EDU<br>
Subject: Race and Place in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Baltimore</st1:place></st1:City>
Neighborhoods Announcement</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>From: <Lshopes@aol.com><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 12:19 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>List readers may find the following announcement of
interest. It<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>describes a series of public programs on the theme <span
style='background:yellow'>of Race and Place in <o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=3
color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;background:
yellow'>Baltimore</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><span style='background:
yellow'>,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;background:yellow'>sponsored by Baltimore Heritage,
Inc.</span> and taking place during October.<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Linda Shopes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3
color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Carlisle</span></font></st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">PA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">17015</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>lshopes@aol.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>717/243-4294<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=3
color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Baltimore</span></font></st1:place></st1:City>
Heritage Tour Goers –<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>In addition to our regular tours this fall, in
October we are pleased to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>host a special series called <span style='background:
yellow'>“Race and Place in Baltimore Neighborhoods.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The series includes three Saturday morning walking
tours in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Upton</st1:place></st1:City>,
Greater<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Rosemont, and Sharp-Leadenhall and a lecture by
distinguished scholar and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=3
color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Baltimore</span></font></st1:place></st1:City>
native Dr. Rhonda Williams. We would love to have you join us <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>for<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>one or all of these! And, thanks to the Maryland
Humanities Council and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Free Fall <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Baltimore</st1:City></st1:place>,
they are all <span style='background:yellow'>free.</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Together with scholars from the Reginald F. <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Lewis</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceName>,
UMBC, and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Towson</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>University, as well as neighborhood leaders from the
Upton Planning<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Committee, the Evergreen Protective Association, and
the Sharp-Leadenhall<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Planning Committee, we will walk through
neighborhoods that have served <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>witness to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=3
color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Baltimore</span></font></st1:place></st1:City>'s
challenging histories of segregation, civil rights, racial<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>transition, displacement, urban renewal, and even
historic preservation. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>You’<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>re encouraged to stay for a light lunch after each
tour to continue the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>discussion with our tour leaders as we delve into the
complicated <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>relationships<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>between race and place and what this history means
for the future of these<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>and many other <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Baltimore</st1:place></st1:City>
neighborhoods.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>_Click here to register for one or more of the tours
and the lecture_<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>(https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/baltimoreheritage.org/viewform?hl=en&formkey=d<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>FlibmdvTW5PdFZhSENOUEtOMXZPaHc6MA#gid=0) . Read on
for more details.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Race and Place in <st1:City w:st="on">Baltimore</st1:City>
Neighborhoods: Walking <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tours</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=3
color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Upton</span></font></st1:place></st1:City>
Neighborhood Tour<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Date: Saturday, October 9, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Time: 10:00 AM to noon, with light lunch to follow<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Place: Meet at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Sharp Street</st1:address></st1:Street> Memorial United <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Methodist</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, 1206 Etting<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Street<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Free on street parking.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dr. David Terry, the director of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Reginald</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lewis</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, will lead this<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>walking tour through the <st1:City w:st="on">Upton</st1:City>
neighborhood of <st1:place w:st="on">West Baltimore</st1:place>. Once home<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>to many African American lawyers, politicians, and
activists, including<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thurgood Marshall and NAACP Baltimore President
Lillie Mae Carroll Jackson,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=3
color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Upton</span></font></st1:place></st1:City>
was also home to thriving African American shopping district and<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>numerous night clubs and dance hall through the first
half of the twentieth<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>century. This two hour walking tour, featuring
neighborhood churches, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>schools,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>and homes, will focus on local experiences of
community development and <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>civil<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>rights.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Greater Rosemont Neighborhood Tour<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Date: Saturday, October 23, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Time: 10:00 AM to noon, with light lunch to follow<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Place: Meet at the <st1:place w:st="on">West Baltimore</st1:place>
Farmer's Market, 400 North Smallwood<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>(Southwest corner of the <st1:place w:st="on">North
Smallwood</st1:place> and <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">West
Franklin Street</st1:address></st1:Street> at the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>West<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=3
color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Baltimore</span></font></st1:place></st1:City>
MARC Station)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Free off-street parking in the <st1:place w:st="on">West
Baltimore</st1:place> MARC Station parking lot.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dr. Edward Orser, a professor of American Studies at
UMBC, will lead this<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>walking tour through the Greater Rosemont area of <st1:place
w:st="on">West Baltimore</st1:place>. In the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>early 1950s, the neighborhoods of Greater Rosemont
flipped from nearly<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>exclusively white to almost completely African
American through a period of <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>rapid<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>"white flight." The new residents
established a stable middle-class<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>community that successfully resisted demolition by
the "Highway to <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Nowhere."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>This two hour walking tour will take visitors from
the very beginnings of <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>neighborhood as a streetcar suburb up through the
present day and the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>prospect of the new Red Line light rail route.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sharp-Leadenhall Neighborhood Tour<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Date: Saturday, October 30, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Time: 10:00 AM to noon, with light lunch to follow<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Place: Meet at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Leadenhall</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Baptist</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1021 Leadenhall Street</st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Free on street parking is available. Leadenhall
Baptist is also a short<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>walk from the <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Charm City Circulator Purple Route</st1:address></st1:Street> Cross
Street Market stop.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Betty Bland-Thomas, a long-time community activist
and member of the Sharp<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Leadenhall Planning Committee, will lead this walking
tour through the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sharp Leadenhall neighborhood in <st1:place w:st="on">South
Baltimore</st1:place>. This community is home to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ebenezer AME, the third oldest African Methodist
Episcopal church in the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>nation, and has been home to a vital African American
community since the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>late<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>1700s. As in <st1:place w:st="on">West Baltimore</st1:place>,
residents struggled against displacement and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>demolition by highways projects in the 1960s and
continue to organize<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>against gentrification. The walking tour not only
highlights this long <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>history,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>but will also offer a chance to hear stories from
long-time residents on<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>their everyday experiences growing up in the
neighborhood in the 1940s and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>1950s.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Race and Place in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Baltimore</st1:place></st1:City> Neighborhoods Lecture: Rethinking
Urban<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>History from the Margins<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Date: Thursday October 21, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Time: 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Place: <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ebenezer</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">AME</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">20 West Montgomery Street</st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On street parking is limited, however, the Ebenezer
AME is a short walk<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>from the Charm City Circulator Purple Route
Montgomery Street stop.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Additional off street parking is available at the
West Street Parking <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Garage at 40<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>E. <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">West
Street</st1:address></st1:Street> between Light and Charles Streets.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dr. Rhonda Y. Williams, a <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Baltimore</st1:place></st1:City> native, associate professor at
Case<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font
size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Western
Reserve</span></font></st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
and author of The Politics of Public Housing:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Black Women’s Struggles Against Urban Inequality,
will draw on oral <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>histories<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>and archival research to share the stories of African
American women as<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>community activists who fought for “rights, respect,
and representation” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>for<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>their families and neighbors living in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Baltimore</st1:place></st1:City> public
housing. The<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>lecture at the historic <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Ebenezer</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">AME</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> will challenge us
to reconsider <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>role of public housing in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Baltimore</st1:place></st1:City>’s historic neighborhoods and its<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>broader significance in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Baltimore</st1:place></st1:City>'s history of race and place.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please _click here to RSVP_<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>(https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/baltimoreheritage.org/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dFlibmdvTW5PdFZhSENOUEtOMXZPaHc6MA#gid=0)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>for any of these programs or for more information
please contact Eli<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Pousson at _pousson@baltimoreheritage.org_ <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>(mailto:pousson@baltimoreheritage.org)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>or by cell phone at 301-204-3337.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>This event series is supported by the _Maryland
Humanities Council_<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>(http://www.mdhc.org/) and _Free Fall Baltimore_
(http://www.mdhc.org/) . <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Find<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>out more information about the over 300 events in
Free Fall Baltimore 2010<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>_here_ (http://www.freefallbaltimore.com/) or learn
more about the many<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>other events of the _2010 <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Baltimore</st1:place></st1:City> Architecture Month sponsored by<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>AIABaltimore_ <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>(http://www.aiabalt.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=6)
between<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> September 9 and October 25, including the Baltimore Heritage
October 3 pr<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>ogram Historic Baltimore by Bus.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Eli Pousson | Field Officer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Baltimore Heritage in partnership with the National
Trust for Historic<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Preservation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><font
size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>11
½ West Chase Street</span></font></st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Baltimore</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">MD</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">21201</st1:PostalCode></st1:address>
|<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>_http://www.baltimoreheritage.org_ (http://www.baltimoreheritage.org/)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>office 410.332.9992 | cell 301.204.3337 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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