MGH/MoS present Special Screening of Jubilee Juneteenth and the Thirteenth

46 Joy St,Boston MA 02114

23 February, 2022

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Jubilee Juneteenth & The Thirteenth portrays the influential, often overlooked role of Black Americans in the fight to end slavery Password: boston MGH and the Museum of Science, Boston proudly presents a special screening at the Museum of African American History in Boston. Join us at the Museum of African American History for a special screening of the new documentary Jubilee, Juneteenth and the Thirteenth a production by The Museum of African American History Boston and Nantucket, with funding from Liberty Mutual, MGH, and Harvard University Office for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging. Hosted by Hill Harper. Jubilee Juneteenth and the Thirteenth accurately portrays the influential but often overlooked role that African Americans in Boston and Massachusetts played in the events that led to the abolition of slavery in the United States. It explores the importance of the African Meetinghouse, built by and for Black people in 1906 as Boston's first black church. It stands today as the oldest original black church building in America. For nearly six decades preceding the Civil War, the African Meetinghouse was the epicenter where much activism to abolish slavery was born and bred. The groundbreaking documentary tells the history of slavery in Massachusetts during the Colonial and American Revolutionary periods and addresses the impact of the laws during that time and insight into the Boston antebellum and the abolitionists' movement. The film further addresses the effects of the Civil War and how it led to the Emancipation Proclamation and its layered impact on ending slavery and the development of the 14th and 15th Amendments. The Museum of African American History is dedicated to preserving, conserving and accurately interpreting the contributions of African Americans in New England from the colonial period through the 19th century.