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language of their West African
enslaved ancestors. Turners
research produced a living
treasury of previously unknown
traditions, songs, and folkways that
also uncovered and illuminated
the connections with West African
and Afro-Brazilian communities.
On view are rare photographs,
recordings, and artifacts collectedby Turner from those Gullah
communities in the United States,
Brazil, and West Africa. Organized
by Smithsonian Anacostia
Community Museum
MOVIES IN THE PARK AT THE DU!
BUCK AND THEPREACHERSaturday, June 16Time: 5:30PM-10:00PM
Admission: FREE
Free Popcorn, Food Vendors, Free
Museum Tours & Performances
Experience the DuSable Mobile
Museum. Come early & bring yourlawn chairs/ blankets for free movies
in the park!
At the end of the Civil War, African-
American ex-soldier Buck is looking
for places in the West where
former slaves can settle. But an
unprincipled man named Deshay
is working with his ruthless gang of
outlaws to try to stop Bucks work
and keep the people working as
slaves in Louisiana. When Buck
meets a con man in disguise who is
calling himself The Preacher, the two
men band together to stop Deshayand his gang.
This lm features Sidney Poitier,
Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee,
Cameron Mitchell, Julie Robinson
and Denny Miller.
Movies in the Parks is sponsored in part by:
Chicago Park District, Charter One, Willie B.Cochran 20th Ward Alderman, Washington
Park Consortium, and the DuSable Museumof African American History
WHATS HAPPENING AT THE DU IN JUNE
JUNE 10
SANKOFA FILMMOVIES WITH A MISSION2:00PM - 4:00PMAdmission: FREE
A unique and disturbing journey
of discovery into the history and
living consequences of one of
the United States most shamefulepisodes slavery. Katrina
Browne discovered that her slave-
trading ancestors from Rhode
Island were not an aberration.
Rather, they were just the most
prominent actors in the Norths
vast complicity in slavery, buried in
myths of Northern innocence.
Browne a direct descendant
of Mark Anthony DeWolf, the
rst slaver in the family took
the unusual step of writing to
200 descendants, inviting them
to journey with her from RhodeIsland to Ghana to Cuba and
back, recapitulating the Triangle
Trade that made the DeWolfs
the largest slave-trading family in
U.S. history. Nine relatives signed
up. Traces of the Trade: A Story
from the Deep North is Brownes
spellbinding account of the journey
that resulted.
EXHIBIT OPENING
WORD, SHOUT, SONG:LORENZO DOW TURNERCONNECTING COMMUNITIESTHROUGH LANGUAGEJune 15 thru September 30, 2012
This exhibition documents the
historical journey made by people
from Africa to the Americas, along
with their language and music. In
the 1930s, Lorenzo Dow Turner
discovered that the Gullah people
of Georgia and South Carolina
retained parts of the culture and
THE DUSABLE PRESENTS,
THE SOUNDS OFHISTORY: JAZZCONCERT SERIESJune 20Free AdmissionConcessions, and Showtime:
5:30PM-8:30PM
SAX IN THE CITY: A TRIBUTE TOVON FREEMANFeaturing Chicagos nest
contemporary saxophone players
Ray Silkman, Skinny
Williams & Audley Reid.
Sponsored in part by Fifth Third Bank.
THE DUSABLE MUSEUM WOMENSBOARD PRESENTS:
CLUB DELISA AT THE DUTime: 5:00PM 9:00PMTickets are $40.00
For more information call773 947-0600A great evening of entertainment
featuring:
KCR ENSEMBLENAJWA DANCE CORPS CHORUS LINE,MR. TAPS, KHALIDAH ANDSHIRLEY MOMS MAYBE WHITMORE
MOVIES IN THE PARK AT THE DU!
AKEELAH AND THE BEEFriday, June 29Time: 5:30PM-10:00PMAdmission: FREE
Free Popcorn, Food Vendors, Free Museum
Tours & Performances. Experience theDuSable Mobile Museum. Come early
& bring your lawn chairs/ blankets forfree movies in the park! organizations to
share their history and offer insight on theresponsibility of maintaining the mission of
their founders, as well as the daily task of
promoting and demonstrating sisterhood.
AKEELAH AND THE BEE is theinspirational story of Akeelah Anderson
(Keke Palmer), an eleven-year-old
girl from south Los Angeles with a gift
for words. Despite the objections of
her mother Tanya (Angela Bassett),
Akeelah enters various spelling
contests, for which she is tutored by
the forthright Dr. Larabee (Laurence
Fishburne); her principal Mr. Welch(Curtis Armstrong) and the proud
residents of her neighborhood.
Akeelahs aptitude earns her an
opportunity to compete for a spot in
the National Spelling Bee and, in turn,
unites her neighborhood who witness
the courage and inspiration of one
amazing little girl.
Movies in the Parks is sponsored in part by:Chicago Park District, Charter One, Willie B.
Cochran 20th Ward Alderman, WashingtonPark Consortium, and the DuSable Museum of
African American History
THE DUSABLE. JUNE 2012
VISIT WWW.DUSABLEMUSEUM.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION. (773) 947-0600 740 E 56TH PLACE IN CHICAGO
MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
Von Freeman