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John Brown Lives

A Prison in the Woods: Environment & Incarceration in the North Country

May 12, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

John Brown Lives! has announced A Prison in the Woods: Environment and Incarceration in the North Country, a virtual book talk with author Clarence Jefferson Hall, Jr. set for Wednesday, May 19th. [Read more…] about A Prison in the Woods: Environment & Incarceration in the North Country

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Books, Events, History Tagged With: Books, Crime and Justice, John Brown Lives, prisons

John Brown Farm Celebrates 125 Years of State Ownership

May 4, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

John Brown Farm courtesy John Brown LivesIn 2021, the state of New York will celebrate 125 years of being caretaker to the John Brown Farm in North Elba, just outside of Lake Placid in the Adirondack Park.

Brown came to the area to help recently freed slaves become farmers. At that time in New York State, black men (and only black men) needed to own $250 dollars worth of land to be eligible to vote. Brown immersed himself in this new community of black farmers and participated in a wide variety of organizing. [Read more…] about John Brown Farm Celebrates 125 Years of State Ownership

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Abolition, Black History, Historic Preservation, John Brown, John Brown Lives, John Brown SHS, Lake Placid, North Elba, OPRHP, State Parks

Blues at Timbuctoo Going Online Saturday

November 12, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

blues at timbuctooJohn Brown Lives! and the Adirondack Film Society have announced Blues At Timbuctoo 2020, virtual concert and panel discussion set for Saturday, November 14th.

Blues at Timbuctoo 2020 is a professionally recorded film of nationally renowned vocalists, instrumentalists, performers, and storytellers. [Read more…] about Blues at Timbuctoo Going Online Saturday

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, History Tagged With: Adirondack Film Society, John Brown Lives

John Brown Pilgrimages and the Lake Placid Club

July 19, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Adirondack Life contributor and independent scholar Amy Godine is set to track the history of pilgrimages to abolitionist John Brown’s North Elba grave and home, with an emphasis on the yearly visits of the John Brown Memorial Association from Philadelphia and the exclusionary Lake Placid Club.

From 1922 into the 1970s, black activists gathered at Brown’s shrine to honor his May birthday with speeches, sermons, and song. People in Lake Placid participated too, spurning the segregationist culture of the Jim Crow era. Of special interest to Godine is the complicated relationship of the black city pilgrims with the notoriously exclusionary Lake Placid Club. [Read more…] about John Brown Pilgrimages and the Lake Placid Club

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, History Tagged With: Black History, John Brown, John Brown Lives, Lake Placid

John Brown Day At His Lake Placid Home Saturday

May 3, 2019 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

john brown dayJohn Brown Lives! has announced “John Brown Day: A Day of Reflection. A Day of Action.” is set for May 4th, 2019 from 2 to 4 pm, at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site.

John Brown Day is a commemoration honoring women and men whose work invokes the passion and conviction of the 19th-century abolitionist who dedicated his life to the cause of liberation. [Read more…] about John Brown Day At His Lake Placid Home Saturday

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, History Tagged With: John Brown, John Brown Lives, John Brown SHS, Lake Placid

John Brown Day Saturday in Lake PLacid

May 4, 2017 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

john brown livesAaron Mair, president of the Sierra Club; immigrant-rights organization Migrant Justice; and Don and Vivian Papson, founders of the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association, will receive Spirit of John Brown Freedom Awards at the John Brown Day celebration on Saturday, May 6, at 2 pm.

The annual event, which is organized by North Country-based human rights and freedom education project John Brown Lives!, will be held at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site in Lake Placid. The public is welcome. [Read more…] about John Brown Day Saturday in Lake PLacid

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Abolition, Adirondacks, John Brown, John Brown Lives, John Brown SHS

John Brown Lives! To Recognize Danny Glover, Alice Green, Brother Yu

May 2, 2016 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

John Brown Day 2016 PosterActor and activist Danny Glover, Albany civil rights leader Alice Green and youth advocate Brother Yusuf Abdul-Wasi Burgess will be the first recipients of the Spirit of John Brown Freedom Award, to be awarded at the John Brown Day 2016 celebration on Saturday, May 7th, at 1 pm.

The annual event, which is organized by Westport-based human rights and freedom education project John Brown Lives!, will be held at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site in Lake Placid. The public is welcome. [Read more…] about John Brown Lives! To Recognize Danny Glover, Alice Green, Brother Yu

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Adirondacks, Black History, John Brown, John Brown Lives, Performing Arts

Prison History Lectures Planned For Adirondacks

August 4, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

moriah-prison-600x381The freedom education and human rights project John Brown Lives! (JBL!) is sponsoring a series of summertime lectures by prison historian C. Jefferson Hall on the historical backdrop, the role of nature, and some of the broader implications of the June 2015 escape of Richard Matt and David Sweat from Dannemora’s Clinton Correctional Facility.

Hall’s talks are part of The Correction, JBL!’s ongoing series of programs and events designed to engage North Country communities in conversation about the impacts of mass incarceration and the need to re-imagine the criminal justice system and local economies. [Read more…] about Prison History Lectures Planned For Adirondacks

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Adirondacks, Crime and Justice, John Brown Lives

John Brown Day Being Celebrated May 9th

April 30, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

John Brown DayA biographer who has written extensively about John Brown, a civil rights activist who marched in Selma and a memorial honoring a youth leader who introduced countless city youth to the Adirondacks will highlight John Brown Day 2015.

The annual event will be held Saturday, May 9, from 2 to 4 pm at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site in Lake Placid. It is free and open to the public. [Read more…] about John Brown Day Being Celebrated May 9th

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Abolition, Adirondacks, Black History, John Brown, John Brown Lives, John Brown SHS, Slavery

Slavery And The New York State History Community

May 29, 2014 by Peter Feinman 9 Comments

DSCN5667Slavery and New York State have a long history together. Indeed, the history of slavery in New York predates the birth of New York as an English and originates in the days of New Netherland, part of the extensive international slave trade.

As we are regularly reminded by events today, slavery has not disappeared. The current issue of Time includes an article on the worldwide continuance of slavery today, especially targeting young women and girls.

What does this have to do with New York history today? [Read more…] about Slavery And The New York State History Community

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Adirondacks, Black History, John Brown, John Brown Lives, John Brown SHS, Path Through History, Public History, Slavery, Tourism

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