What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community
AFRAM, Baltimore’s own African American Festival is back for the Juneteenth weekend (June 22 and 23) this year, with an array of entertainment and activities for all ages. This community-based festival held at Druid Hill Park features food and merchandise Continue reading Celebrate AFRAM With UBalt’s Special Collections and Archives!
I was excited to visit the Peale last week to see a collaborative, student-curated exhibition on the history of the Baltimore chapter of the Black Panther Party. The Peale describes itself as “Baltimore’s Community Museum” with a mission of “building Continue reading A Librarian’s Perspective: Black Panthers at the Peale
This blog post was created and written by Bria Warren, Inheritance Baltimore Community Archives Fellow. Learn more about the Community Archives Program at UBalt and Johns Hopkins University. Since August 2021, I have been working in a fellowship focusing on community Continue reading Thoughts From a Community Archives Fellow
The COVID-19 pandemic halted a number of regular public events and gatherings throughout 2020. One year later, we are still being careful, but finding as many ways as possible to resume our normal celebrations, festivals, and events online, in-person, both. Continue reading Celebrate with AFRAM
We all have favorite childhood memories, stories, books, and television shows. If you were a child in Baltimore, Columbia, or the surrounding region during the late 1980s or 1990s, one of your favorite TV shows may have been “It’s Kindertime” Continue reading From the Archives: Do You Know About “The Kinderman?”