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language of their West African

enslaved ancestors. Turners

research produced a living

treasury of previously unknown

traditions, songs, and folkways that

also uncovered and illuminated

the connections with West African

and Afro-Brazilian communities.

On view are rare photographs,

recordings, and artifacts collectedby Turner from those Gullah

communities in the United States,

Brazil, and West Africa. Organized

by Smithsonian Anacostia

Community Museum

MOVIES IN THE PARK AT THE DU!

BUCK AND THEPREACHERSaturday, June 16Time: 5:30PM-10:00PM

Admission: FREE

Free Popcorn, Food Vendors, Free

Museum Tours & Performances

Experience the DuSable Mobile

Museum. Come early & bring yourlawn chairs/ blankets for free movies

in the park!

At the end of the Civil War, African-

American ex-soldier Buck is looking

for places in the West where

former slaves can settle. But an

unprincipled man named Deshay

is working with his ruthless gang of

outlaws to try to stop Bucks work

and keep the people working as

slaves in Louisiana. When Buck

meets a con man in disguise who is

calling himself The Preacher, the two

men band together to stop Deshayand his gang.

This lm features Sidney Poitier,

Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee,

Cameron Mitchell, Julie Robinson

and Denny Miller.

Movies in the Parks is sponsored in part by:

Chicago Park District, Charter One, Willie B.Cochran 20th Ward Alderman, Washington

Park Consortium, and the DuSable Museumof African American History

WHATS HAPPENING AT THE DU IN JUNE

JUNE 10

SANKOFA FILMMOVIES WITH A MISSION2:00PM - 4:00PMAdmission: FREE

A unique and disturbing journey

of discovery into the history and

living consequences of one of

the United States most shamefulepisodes slavery. Katrina

Browne discovered that her slave-

trading ancestors from Rhode

Island were not an aberration.

Rather, they were just the most

prominent actors in the Norths

vast complicity in slavery, buried in

myths of Northern innocence.

Browne a direct descendant

of Mark Anthony DeWolf, the

rst slaver in the family took

the unusual step of writing to

200 descendants, inviting them

to journey with her from RhodeIsland to Ghana to Cuba and

back, recapitulating the Triangle

Trade that made the DeWolfs

the largest slave-trading family in

U.S. history. Nine relatives signed

up. Traces of the Trade: A Story

from the Deep North is Brownes

spellbinding account of the journey

that resulted.

EXHIBIT OPENING

WORD, SHOUT, SONG:LORENZO DOW TURNERCONNECTING COMMUNITIESTHROUGH LANGUAGEJune 15 thru September 30, 2012

This exhibition documents the

historical journey made by people

from Africa to the Americas, along

with their language and music. In

the 1930s, Lorenzo Dow Turner

discovered that the Gullah people

of Georgia and South Carolina

retained parts of the culture and

THE DUSABLE PRESENTS,

THE SOUNDS OFHISTORY: JAZZCONCERT SERIESJune 20Free AdmissionConcessions, and Showtime:

5:30PM-8:30PM

SAX IN THE CITY: A TRIBUTE TOVON FREEMANFeaturing Chicagos nest

contemporary saxophone players

Ray Silkman, Skinny

Williams & Audley Reid.

Sponsored in part by Fifth Third Bank.

THE DUSABLE MUSEUM WOMENSBOARD PRESENTS:

CLUB DELISA AT THE DUTime: 5:00PM 9:00PMTickets are $40.00

For more information call773 947-0600A great evening of entertainment

featuring:

KCR ENSEMBLENAJWA DANCE CORPS CHORUS LINE,MR. TAPS, KHALIDAH ANDSHIRLEY MOMS MAYBE WHITMORE

MOVIES IN THE PARK AT THE DU!

AKEELAH AND THE BEEFriday, June 29Time: 5:30PM-10:00PMAdmission: FREE

Free Popcorn, Food Vendors, Free Museum

Tours & Performances. Experience theDuSable Mobile Museum. Come early

& bring your lawn chairs/ blankets forfree movies in the park! organizations to

share their history and offer insight on theresponsibility of maintaining the mission of

their founders, as well as the daily task of

promoting and demonstrating sisterhood.

AKEELAH AND THE BEE is theinspirational story of Akeelah Anderson

(Keke Palmer), an eleven-year-old

girl from south Los Angeles with a gift

for words. Despite the objections of

her mother Tanya (Angela Bassett),

Akeelah enters various spelling

contests, for which she is tutored by

the forthright Dr. Larabee (Laurence

Fishburne); her principal Mr. Welch(Curtis Armstrong) and the proud

residents of her neighborhood.

Akeelahs aptitude earns her an

opportunity to compete for a spot in

the National Spelling Bee and, in turn,

unites her neighborhood who witness

the courage and inspiration of one

amazing little girl.

Movies in the Parks is sponsored in part by:Chicago Park District, Charter One, Willie B.

Cochran 20th Ward Alderman, WashingtonPark Consortium, and the DuSable Museum of

African American History

THE DUSABLE. JUNE 2012

VISIT WWW.DUSABLEMUSEUM.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION. (773) 947-0600 740 E 56TH PLACE IN CHICAGO

MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

Von Freeman