May

"Birth of a Movement" Documentary
Screening of the documentary, Birth of a Movement: The Battle Against America's First Blockbuster.

Documentary Description: In 1915, civil rights activist William Monroe Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith's notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly blockbuster, The Birth of a Nation, which unleashed a fight still raging today about race relations and representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood.

When: Friday, May 12, 2017 6PM – 8PM

Where: The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum, 1601 E. North Ave Baltimore, MD

Cost: FREE (Museum Admission is not included)

RSVP: By phone 410-563-3404, in person at the Museum or on Eventbrite at https://gbiwbirthofamovement.eventbrite.com

June

Slavery By Another Name
Screening of the documentary, Slavery By Another Name.

Documentary Description: Slavery By Another Name challenges one of America's most cherished assumptions - the belief that slavery in the US ended with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the passage of the 13th amendment - by telling the harrowing story of how in the South, a new system of involuntary servitude took its place with shocking force.

When: Friday, June 9, 2017 6PM – 8PM

Where: The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum, 1601 E. North Ave Baltimore, MD

Cost: FREE (Museum Admission is not included)

RSVP: By phone 410-563-3404, in person at the Museum or on Eventbrite at https://gbiwslaverybyanothername.eventbrite.com

13th
Screening of the documentary, 13th.

Documentary Description: The title of Ava DuVernay’s extraordinary andgalvanizing documentary refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution,which reads, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as apunishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shallexist within the United States.” The progression from that second qualifyingclause to the horrors of mass criminalization and the sprawling Americanprison industry is laid out by DuVernay with bracing lucidity. With a potentmixture of archival footage and testimony from a dazzling array of activists,politicians, historians, and formerly incarcerated women and men, DuVernay creates a work ofgrand historical synthesis.

When: Friday, June 23, 2017 6PM – 8PM

Where: The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum, 1601 E. North Ave Baltimore, MD

Cost: FREE (Museum Admission is not included)

RSVP: By phone 410-563-3404, in person at the Museum or on Eventbrite at https://gbiw13th.eventbrite.com

July

3rd Annual Voices of History Street Fair

In Celebration of 34 Years, join The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum, Inc. and the Growing Griots Literacy Program as we showcase our history and culture through theAfrican oral tradition of drumming, dancing, singing, storytelling, spoken word, art and first person oral history presentations of museum wax figures. Vendors will offer avariety of cultural merchandise and cuisine.

This event is sponsored in part by MECU and the Maryland State Arts Council.

Museum Admission is not included in the Street Fair.

When: Saturday, July 8th, 2017 10AM – 4PM

Where: The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum, 1601 E. North Ave Baltimore, MD

Cost: FREE (Museum Admission is not included)

RSVP: By phone 410-563-3404 or in person at the Museum or on Eventbrite at http://3rdannualvoicesofhistorystreetfair.eventbrite.com