John G. Riley

The John G. Riley Center/Museum is a non-profit historic house museum whose mission is to document, preserve and illuminate African American history and culture

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Join us for the fourth in our ongoing lecture series, a conversation with Professor Ibram X. Kendi! For more information on Dr. Kendi, please visit https://t.co/lNXpuVJa5N.

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Join us for the third in our ongoing lecture series featuring music historian and author Dr. Portia K. Maultsby!

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Join us for the second in our ongoing lecture series featuring culinary historian and author Dr. Jessica Harris!

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The Greatest Joy of the Holiday Season is the Opportunity to Say Thank You and Wish You the Best for the New Year!
Visit the website for updates on upcoming projects and for ways to support the museum in 2023!
On behalf of us at the John G. Riley Center & Museum, Happy Holidays!

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Happy #InternationalWomensDay🙅🏽‍♀️! Today we celebrate social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women across the globe. Together, we can #BreakTheBias and forge women’s equality. Progress toward gender equity is progress for all!

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It’s the first day of #WomensHistoryMonth

This year’s theme serves as a tribute to the work of caregivers and frontline workers and recognition of the thousands of ways that women of all cultures have provided both healing and hope throughout history.

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𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍! A Walk-Through History: Salute to our African American Pioneers in Florida

This exhibition showcases African American pioneers renowned for their great service, leadership and major contributions in the arts and humanities.

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This month, we continue celebrating the contributions African Americans.

In 1956, Reverend C.K. Steele protested segregated seating on Tallahassee city buses. The boycott lasted nearly seven months after the arrest of two FAMU women students.

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Explore local history this month! This week, visit the @JohnRileyCenter. Its mission is to discover, archive & illuminate the blended relationship of African American, Native American & European history and to preserve African American landmarks & legacies https://t.co/hDacORJYj8

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The City's @JohnRileyCenter was awarded an African American Civil Rights grant from the Historic Preservation Fund. The grant of $50,000 over 2 years will support, in part, a publication chronicling the history of African American educators in Leon County. https://t.co/Xn6Fxa9698

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Alexa Irene Canady had almost dropped out of college as an undergraduate, but after recovering her self-confidence she went on to qualify as the first African American woman neurosurgeon in the United States.
#BlackHistoryMonth

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Walton County native Gladys Nichols Milton was a midwife and advocate for the recognition of midwives as legitimate medical practitioners in the 1970s. She was inducted to the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame in 1994.

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#BlackHistoryMonth
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams is credited with the first successful open-heart surgery. He founded Provident Hospital in Chicago, making it the first Black-owned and operated, non-segregated hospital in the United States.

Read more: https://t.co/KmUX68IP1C

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Henrietta Lacks was undergoing treatment at The Johns Hopkins Hospital when a sample of her cells were taken to their lab, and found to multiply every 20-24 hours. Today, HeLa cells play a crucial role in studies and vaccine development.

Read more: https://t.co/HNWd9vLNqM

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Day 1 of #BlackHistoryMonth! This year’s theme is #BlackHealthAndWellness

Dr. James McCune Smith was the first university-trained African American physician. He published articles exposing unethical practices of scientific experiments on women, and was an active abolitionist.

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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

- Viktor E. Frankl

(I’m listening to the most recent episode of @NPRLifeKit)

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Visit the Soul Voices exhibit in Frenchtown on Macomb St. in Tallahassee to hear oral history recordings from relatives and friends of past business owners of Frenchtown establishments in the neighborhood's heyday. #history #recordings #museum #BlackHistoryMonth2020

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Our Black History Month salute today goes to our founder, living legend, Althemese Barnes. To find out why this salute is well-earned, watch this video onTallahassee Inspired - Althemese Barnes https://t.co/98HBvsyLxV via @YouTube. #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #history

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@FLMemory - Officials unveil historic marker at the John G. Riley House Museum. https://t.co/MwGwd8DHb7

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Last year's honorees of the Pioneers' Gala included descendants of Elias Proctor. His 95 year old great granddaughter Willie Mae Carter (pink hat) is here with other family members. #history #pioneers #gala