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Black American Culture & Art Series: Nyack Foundations: Exploring the Back Family

2020-2021 Series

Click on the images to register!

Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries is an initiative of the American Library Association (ALA) in collaboration with the Association for Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL)
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Retrospect Spirit of a People
February 11, 2021, 7 PM 
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Program Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgP9QWkkICI&t=6s
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Produced through an Arts Council of Rockland grant, Collette V. Fournier's "Retrospective: Spirit of a People" is a historic embodiment of four decades of her photography archives. This 1.5 hour presentation with Q & A at the end, takes the viewer from black & white to color imagery, and from film to digital capture. Fournier explores The Amistad, from Mystic Seaport to Nova Scotia; Post Hurricane Katrina; Travels to West Africa; & her community.
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These Ghosts Are Family: Discussion with the Author
February 17, 2021, 7 PM 
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Join us to discuss Maisy Card's acclaimed debut novel These Ghosts are Family. The author will be joining this virtual book group to read from her book, answer questions, and illuminate her writing process.


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Madame C.J. Walker
February 23, 2021, 7 PM
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Join lecturer Rick Feingold to learn about the life and times of ​Madame C. J. Walker, the first African-American self-made millionaire in the United States. Born in 19th Century Louisiana to formerly enslaved people, Sarah Breedlove was an inventor, business owner, beauty school founder, philanthropist, and social justice activist.
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Meet Preston Powell: the Bruce Lee of Loose Tea
Thursday, April 22, 2020, 7 PM
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Program Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=goUvi_NpVdI
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An evening with Preston Powell, tea sommelier, sensei, entrepreneur, music impresario and grandson of civil rights icon Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Preston will discuss how the business of music and martial arts inform his Teagevity brand, the benefits of tea drinking, how to make a perfect cup of tea and his plans to preserve the legacy of his grandfather. Discussion led by Nyack Farmer's Market manager Bill Batson.
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Juneteenth Series - June 10th, 15th, 16th & 26th


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June 10, 2021, 7 PM - Book Discussion: The Ex-Slave's Fortune by Dr. Lori Martin
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Program Recording: https://youtu.be/w4G55J5ZcaE

Join Dr. Lori Martin, who was born and raised in Nyack, as she leads a discussion of her book The Ex-slave’s Fortune about Cynthia Hesdra. During her lifetime, she operated a successful laundry business and owned a number of properties in New York and in New Jersey. Space limited as each attendee will receive a copy of the book.




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​June 15, 2021, 7 PM - Mount Gulian-- James F. Brown from Slave to Citizen
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Program Recording: youtu.be/ISWAyBKoOtg

Join us for a presentation by Elaine Hayes, the Executive Director of the Mount Gulian Historic Site in Beacon, NY, about the amazing life of James F. Brown, a long-time resident of Dutchess County and employee of the Verplanck family. A short video will be followed by a discussion and Q & A led by Ms. Hayes. Suitable for all ages.
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​June 16, 2021, 7 PM - Urban Renewal & the African-American Community in Nyack/Past/Present/Future

Program Recording:  https://youtu.be/q1lUdJblAdo
In the 1950's and 60's, the Village of Nyack undertook an extensive urban renewal project, impacting the local African-American community and changing the face of the downtown. The results reverberate through the present day. Join us for a panel discussion moderated by Owen
 Voutsinas-Klose, including Bill Batson and Win Perry of the Nyack Historical Society, and community members directly affected by this displacement. Q & A, conversation to follow.

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June 26, 2021 - Juneteenth Celebration 
**THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT Hezekiah Easter Park, also known as Veteran’s Memorial, Main Street, Nyack**

Special Guests: State Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick ​
Louise Parker, Village of Nyack Deputy Mayor

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West African dance tells a story. Chiku Awali African Dance, Arts & Culture, Inc. performs and teaches dances such as Lamba and Funga, which are dances of welcome. Chiku Awali is proud to work with the Nyack Library in sharing the beauty and magic of these types of dances at the Juneteenth remembrance on June 26, 2021. At the event Chiku Awali staff, Yahaya Kamate, dance instructor and Gabriel Roxbury, drummer, will teach you, the audience, one of these traditional West African dances.

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    • Access My Account
    • Donate to the Library
    • Get a Document Notarized
    • Get a Library Card
    • Hold or Renew an Item
    • Rent a Room
    • Search the Catalog
    • Technology Access
    • Volunteer
  • Borrow a Museum Pass
  • About
    • About the Library
    • Annual Reports
    • Contact Us
    • Donate
    • Hours
    • Jobs
    • Policies & Budget
    • Support the Library
    • Friends of the Library
  • Youth Services
    • Youth Digital Resources
    • Children
    • Teens
  • Adult Services
    • 2021 Rockland County Reference Guide
    • 55+ Resource Guide
    • Book Discussion Groups
    • Combating Racism
    • Curated Book Lists
    • ELL Resources
    • Homebound Delivery Service
    • Papercut: The Nyack Library Podcast
    • Request a New Purchase
    • Research Business and Employment Opportunities
    • Share Covid19 Story
    • Staff Picks
    • Sustainability
  • Digital Resources
    • Catalog Mobile App
    • Ebooks and Streaming Media
    • Hotspots
    • Kindles
    • Lifelong Learning
    • NextReads
    • Niche Academy
    • NY Crime Victims Legal Help
    • NYS Civil Service Test Guides
    • Novelist
    • Rockland Executive Order #203 Response
    • Research and Databases
  • Long-Range Plan
  • Events
    • Events Calendar >
      • How to Use Localhop
    • Carnegie Concerts
    • Dorothy Gillespie
    • Exhibits
    • Grants >
      • 2023 Black American Culture & Art Series
      • 2022 Black American Culture & Art Series
      • 2020-2021 Black American Culture & Art Series
      • Black American Culture & Art Series: The Legacy of Toni Morrison >
        • BACAS Oral Histories
    • Highlighted Programs
    • Program Recordings
    • Past Events >
      • American Creed
      • Librarian's Guide to Staying Home... and Sane!
      • Nation Must Awake
      • 2022 Nyack Poetry Walk
      • Nyack Poetry Walk
      • Nyack Schools Saturday Academy: Exhibit
      • September 11, 2001 The Day That Changed The World Exhibition
    • Public Notices
    • Present a Program
    • Quarterly Newsletter
    • Rent a Room
    • Weekly Event Email
  • Community Events
  • Board of Trustees
  • Local History
    • Local History Room
    • Genealogy
    • Images
    • Newspapers
    • Obituaries
    • Oral Histories
    • Scholarship
  • Tax Information
  • Nyack Seed Exchange
  • See what's New