Join the Havre de Grace Maritime Museum, in collaboration with the Havre de Grace Colored School Museum and Cultural Foundation, during Black History Month for the “Reclaiming the Narrative” lecture series. This series will examine African American history as a narrative and focus on aspects that are often misrepresented, ignored, or omitted from United States history. There will also be a children’s class on the Underground Railroad. Admission to the lecture series is free to the public.
This lecture will explore the history of Black denominational bodies from the period of enslavement to the present, unearthing critical historical events, people, and moments in American religious life and history.
About the Lecturer:
Phillip Harris resides in Baltimore, Maryland, and is a first-generation college graduate who has worked extensively in the African American community in the areas of education, social justice, and religion throughout his professional career. He is a second-year graduate student at Morgan State University pursuing his Master of Arts degree in History with plans to begin his doctoral degree in History in the Fall of 2025.
Phillip currently serves as the Museum Docent and Historian at The Havre de Grace Colored School Museum and Cultural Center in Havre de Grace, Maryland.
Phillip’s historical research interests include The Transatlantic Slave Trade in the North American Mainland Colonies and 19th and 20th Century History, which includes The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation and Reconstruction, The Brown vs. Board of Education decision, and the cities of Beaumont, Texas, Havre de Grace, Maryland and the District of Columbia from the African American historical perspective.
His educational credentials include a Bachelor of Science from Southwestern Assemblies of God University, a Master of Divinity from Eden Theological Seminary, and a Master of Theological Studies specializing in African American Religious History and Black Church Studies from Wesley Theological Seminary.
Event Address: Havre de Grace Maritime Museum, 100 Lafayette Street, Havre de Grace, MD 21078
Event Contact: (410) 939-4800 or info@hdgmaritimemuseum.org
Lecturer Contact: The Havre de Grace Colored School and Cultural Center, Inc., 555 Alliance Street Havre de Grace, Maryland 21078
hcsmcc.museumdocent@gmail.com ・ www.hdgcoloredschool.com
All Black History Month events:
The Origins and Importance of Black History Month and African American History
February 1, 2025 at 3pm
Presented by: Phillip Harris, Museum Docent and Historian at the Havre de Grace Colored School Museum and Cultural Foundation
The Underground Railroad on the Chesapeake Bay Children’s Class
February 8, 2025 at 11am
Presented by: Cecelia Hough, Historian at the Havre de Grace Maritime Museum
We’ve Come This Far By Faith: The History of the Black Church from Enslavement to the Present
February 8, 2025 at 4pm
Presented by: Phillip Harris, Museum Docent and Historian at the Havre de Grace Colored School Museum and Cultural Foundation
They Resisted Too: Black Women and Their Fight for Freedom from Enslavement to Present
February 12, 2025 at 5:30pm
Presented by: Phillip Harris, Museum Docent and Historian at the Havre de Grace Colored School Museum and Cultural Foundation
The Brown Era in Beaumont, Texas
February 22, 2025 at 4pm
Presented by: Phillip Harris, Museum Docent and Historian at the Havre de Grace Colored School Museum and Cultural Foundation
This project has been financed in part with State Funds from the Maryland Historical Trust, an agency of the Maryland Department of Planning which is an instrumentality of the State of Maryland. However, project contents or opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Maryland Historical Trust or the Maryland Department of Planning.