Tag: T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center
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Parker family legacy room opens with new exhibit Ancestral Ascension
RED BANK — In celebration of the third anniversary of the opening of the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center, the nonprofit foundation announces the opening of the Parker Family Legacy Room to honor a family of doctors, dentists and educators who were the vanguard of Black pride and upstanding civic leaders in the Red Bank…
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Princeton church will display soil collected from site of lynching in New Jersey
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton will be displaying soil that was collected from the site where the only recorded lynching in Eatontown of Samuel “Mingo” Jack Johnson took place in 1886. The church, located at 50 Cherry Hill Road, will house the collection from May 15-22 and can be seen during its Sunday worship…
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Monmouth County News Briefs, Dec. 29
The Monmouth County Division on Aging, Disabilities and Veterans Services, Area Agency on Aging/Aging and Disability Resource Connection (AAA/ADRC), recently received recognition from the New Jersey Division of Aging Services, Office of Area Agency on Aging Administration, for its efforts to help seniors during the coronavirus pandemic. In the annual programmatic and fiscal assessment of…
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Red Bank event will celebrate Count Basie with Aug. 21 performance
RED BANK – William “Count” Basie was born on Aug. 21, 1904, in Red Bank, 117 years ago. To celebrate the consummate orchestra leader, the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center, 94 Drs James Parker Blvd., will showcase live jazz on the front lawn of the historic site. Performing on Basie’s birthday, Aug. 21, from 6-8…
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Atlantic Hub News Briefs, June 30
On Aug. 1 from 5-7 p.m., the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center, Red Bank, and the Ranney School, Tinton Falls, will honor Walter Greason, who was recently appointed professor and chairman of the Department of History at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn. Greason is President Emeritus of the T. Thomas Fortune Foundation and will continue…
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Juneteenth celebration planned at three locations in Red Bank
RED BANK – On June 19, Red Bank will celebrate Juneteenth, which commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in 1865, when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take control of the state and to ensure those enslaved were freed. The troops arrived more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President…
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Exhibit at cultural center will tell story of Red Bank native Count Basie
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center, 94 Drs James Parker Blvd., Red Bank, will open its doors and front lawn on Sept. 25 for “A Love Letter to Count Basie: From The Great Migration to The Harlem Renaissance,” an exhibit that illuminates the Red Bank-born musical giant William “Count” Basie (1904-84). The exhibit will also…