Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum - LCJM

03/31/2021

@lombard_history has invited LCJM and museums from across the country and the world to come together virtually to share a taste of their unique stories! Travel to these places and learn from the comfort of your own home.

Join the Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum Museum for a FREE 45-minutes tour  on Tuesday May 4 at 7:30/6:30c PM* and learn about Lillie Carroll Jackson, her allies, and Baltimore's rich Civil Rights legacy.

Visit www.lombardhistory.org/tasteofhistory to to the list of all participating organizations and their respective tour dates.

03/30/2021

Today we are highlighting Victorine Q. Adams! She was the first African American woman to serve on the Baltimore City Council. Victorine Q. Adams founded a women's political club called the Colored Democratic Women's Campaign Committee in 1946, and was one of the five-woman to charter the Baltimore section of the National Council of Negro Women.

Her legacy continues to live on as she was inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame in 2020, as well as having an archival collection of her contributions in the Earl S. Richardson Library at Morgan State University.

#WomenHistoryMonth #WHM

03/25/2021

Womens History Month- Billie Holiday

Today we highlight Jazz Singer, Billie Holiday. She grew up in Fells Point, and she would sing at the Club Tijuana and Royal Theatre on Pennsylvania Avenue. During a time when venues were often segregated, she used her music to bring attention to civil rights issues such as lynching.

#BillieHoliday #LadyDay #JazzMusician #WomensHistoryMonth #CivilRights

03/19/2021

Today’s spotlight belongs to Baltimore native, Irene Morgan! Her perseverance led to the desegregation of interstate transportation in the U.S., 10 years before public transportation was desegregated!

#WomensHistoryMonth #CivilRights #Activists #MSU #LCJM

03/08/2021

Happy #InternationalWomensDay!

Celebrating the women before us, beside us, and those who will come after us, the Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum is excited to parter with @nphc_msu for a women’s history month event celebrating the contributions of Divine 9 sororities on Civil Rights and social change!

Register for this event and join us for a great discussion on Wednesday, March 24!

http://bit.ly/LCJMWHM21

#WomensHistoryMonth #CivilRights #WomenEmpowerment

03/02/2021

Serving as the President of the Baltimore branch of the NAACP from 1935 until her retirement in 1970, Lillie Carroll Jackson’s influence on Baltimore and the American Civil Rights Movement is undeniable.

Growing chapter membership into the thousands, leading campaigns for anti-lynching legislation, establishing job training programs, registering over 100,000 new Black voters, and leaving a desegregated city as her legacy— Mrs. Jackson is the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement and we honor her not only during Women’s History Month, but every day of the year!

#womenshistorymonth #WHM #CivilRights #CivilRightsMovement #MSU #LCJM #BlackHistory #BlackWomen

02/17/2021

Join the Lillie Carroll Jackson Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Industry as we hear from different voices at Afro-American Newspapers, about how this Black-Owned Baltimore publication has shaped news coverage and public opinion since its founding in 1892 and the importance of diversity in media.

This program is free, no registration required. Tune in to the BMI’s page to access this program or reach out to us for the Zoom webinar link!

#HappyBlackHistoryMonth

02/12/2021

Prideful.

Thank you to Anthony Parker aka Wordsmith for choosing LCJM to be a part of this beautiful Black History Month tribute.

Be sure to check out the music video: https://youtu.be/P02r6N3j-0A

#BlackHistoryMonth

01/23/2021

Using his successful baseball career as a platform to champion civil rights, Hank Aaron will always be revered as one of the greatest athletes of all time.

We thank you for all your contributions to society on and off the field. Rest in Power. #HankAaron #civilrightsleader

01/19/2021

The Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum has internship opportunities available for Morgan State University students!

If you are passionate about Black History and want to be a part of sharing Baltimore’s Civil Rights legacy, apply today!

Visit our website for more information: www.lilliecarrolljacksonmuseum.org/join-us-2

01/18/2021

Today we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

A champion for Civil Rights and Labor Rights, his words still hold immense power and relevancy today.

Pictured: President Lyndon B. Johnson greeting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Clarence Mitchell & Patricia Roberts Harris at the Signing Ceremony of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in the U.S. Capitol

#MLKDay

01/15/2021

The LCJM Staff extends our deepest condolences to the Mitchell Family on the passing of George D. Mitchell Sr.

A memorial service will be held in his honor tomorrow at Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church at 1pm.

The service will be livestreamed at www.livestream.com/mssav/georgemitchellsr

12/09/2020

US Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Movement

You won’t want to miss this conversation tomorrow with @RepBarbaraLee & @SenCoryBooker on their legislation to examine the legacy of systemic racism & tackle the discriminatory war on drugs. Breathe With Me Revolution
US Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Movement

12/04/2020

US Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Movement

The National Leadership Group Salutes the Leadership of Senator Cory Booker for Introducing Legislation to Establish the Nation’s First-ever U.S. Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Commission #unlockthetruth #ustrht #BreatheRev
https://buff.ly/3mKMDD1

12/04/2020

U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey

U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey

The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey

12/04/2020

US Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Movement

I know you stand for racial justice, Senator Van Hollen, please sign on TODAY and co-sponsor Senator Cory Booker Resolution to create the first U.S. Commission for Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation #unlockthetruth #breathewithme

12/03/2020

Join the Movement!

“The Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Resolution puts us on the path of reconciling our nation’s brutal history with the grave situation we currently face,” - John Lewis
#ustrht #unlockthetruth #Letsgettowork #carterschool #BreatheWithMe #chavis4change

11/18/2020

#OTD On November 18, 1933, under the direction of Kiowa Costonie and the Citywide Young People’s Forum led by Juanita Jackson Mitchell, young African Americans picketed stores on Pennsylvania Avenue for refusing to hire African Americans.

This was one of many “Buy Where You Can Work” campaigns that were held in major cities during the Great Depression to protest Black Unemployment. These protests help lay the foundation for organized actions during the Civil Rights Movement.

Learn more about Baltimore’s rich Civil Rights history by visiting our website www.lilliecarrolljacksonmuseum.org

#BlackHistory #civilrightsmovement #greatdepression #activism

11/13/2020

You're invited! November 17th Zoom discussion on the role of Black Women in our Democracy!

You're invited! November 17th Zoom discussion on the role of Black Women in our Democracy!

Watch the recordings from our Mondays in June Virtual Town Hall Series with Busboys and Poets and the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project:

11/09/2020

The Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum is proud to congratulate Kamala Harris for becoming:

The First Woman Vice President-elect
The First Black Woman VP-elect
The First Indian American VP-elect
The first VP-elect to graduate from an HBCU.

2020 is the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment and we thank all of the Black women who paved the way for Vice President-elect Harris. From Lillie Carroll Jackson’s efforts in Maryland during the early/mid 20th century to Stacey Abrams’ efforts in Georgia today, Black Women continue to fight on the frontlines for American Democracy.

#KamalaHarris #civilrights #19thamendment #BlackGirlMagic #HBCU

10/28/2020

As early voting is now open in the state of Maryland, the Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum Staff encourages everyone to embrace the spirit of Mrs. Jackson and countless others who believed in the value of the ballot and to have your voices be heard. #GoVote

To learn more about the legacy of Mrs. Jackson, visit our website lilliecarrolljacksonmuseum.org

10/21/2020

We are excited to welcome Alexis Ojeda-Brown to the LCJM team as our program and education coordinator!

Alexis received her B.A. in History and English Literature as well as a certificate in African American Studies from UMCP. She was previously a Museum Educator at the Baltimore Museum of Industry and is passionate about sharing diverse stories so visitors can see their history within museums!

10/01/2020

Maryland Lynching Memorial Project

Join the discussion about this heart-wrenching film. We'll be there.

There’s only one day left to register for our First Thursday film discussion on “The Hate You Give.”

Register today!

06/19/2020

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Happy Juneteenth! Celebrate with us at Hosanna School Museum's Virtual Celebration this evening and Great Mask Giveaway and Sale tomorrow. Here is the link for more information and to discover a few black-owned businesses and great local talent. https://www.hosannaschoolmuseum.org/ Also, enjoy the Google doodle of the day. Very inspiring. "Let us march on until victory is won."
--Peace.
#GoogleDoodle

02/06/2020

Join us and celebrate the impact of Black women in obtaining voting rights for women and all Americans for more than a century.

05/23/2019

2 days away . . . Jazz, Food, Edu-tainment: Celebrate Lillie Carroll Jackson Day!

05/15/2019

Dr. Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead, Ph.D., is a phenomenal speaker!

She is an award-winning Associate Professor of Communications and African and African American Studies at Loyola University and the Founding Executive Director of the Emilie Frances Davis Center for Education, Research, and Culture.

She is the author of four award-winning books, a three-time New York Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker, and was a 2016-2017 guest commentator and Op-Ed columnist for WYPR 88.1 FM and the Baltimore Sun.
She can also be heard weekdays on WEAA 88.9 FM
as the host of "Today with Dr. Kaye."

Join us as we celebrate and engage with Dr. Kaye!
She will be signing books following the program.

You can get tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lillie-carroll-jackson-day-tickets-60878198330?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

04/25/2019

Janice “the Griot” Greene did an awesome portrayal of Verda Welcome. The audience was captivated.

04/20/2019

Join us for "Verda's Place" Exhibit on the Move, a pop up exhibit that tells the story of the late Senator Verda Freeman Welcome, the nation’s first Black woman State Senator. Elected to Maryland’s Senate in 1969 after 11 years as an educator in Baltimore City, Senator Welcome’s story is one of perseverance and commitment to change. Learn more about her life and legacy through this traveling exhibition, artifacts from the full Verda’s Place: An Homage to a Valiant Woman exhibition on display at the Banneker-Douglass Museum, and a re-enactment by trained griot (storyteller) Janice Greene.

April 23, 6 to 8 pm. at the Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum.

Thank you and hope to see you then!

03/01/2019

A Visit to Verda’s Place | Bay Weekly

A Visit to Verda’s Place | Bay Weekly

      In 1962, Verda Freeman Welcome became the first African American woman elected to a state senate. Seven years later, she introduced legislation creating the first ethnic commission in the United States, the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture. In celebration of the C...

01/31/2019

Join the Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum on February 12th, 2019, for a groundbreaking lecture, Leading The Way, featuring Dr. Simone R. Barrett. Dr. Barrett is a researcher at the Robert M. Bell Center for Civil Rights in Education at Morgan State University.

12/09/2018

Lovely Family giving a winter Hi5 for History!!! Join Us us at Lillie's Museum 💖

10/22/2018

#RevealingLegacies

Bradley Alston leads the way for a special Saturday group tour at LCJM!!!

10/19/2018

Bradley Alston leads the way for a special Saturday group tour at LCJM!!!

08/26/2018

Lillie Carroll Jackson payed a leading role in the BMA's 1939 exhibition, "Contemporary Negro Art"