Won’t you take me to… Tablertown: A Tabletalk of Tablertown, OH, People of Color Museum
Athaliah Elvis ’26, BHC Communications Intern
Athaliah Elvis ’26, BHC Communications Intern
Thursday, April 9, 2026: 4:30–6PM
Hildreth-Mirza Hall Great Room
Friday, March 27, 2026, 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.Hildreth-Mirza Hall Great Room A conversation with Dave Butcher, the founder and director of the Tablertown, OH, People of Color Museum When he was ten years old living in rural southeast Ohio community called Tablertown, David Butcher received a tin-type photo of his great-great-grandfather, Jerry Sims, and heard stories about Mr. Sims being a Civil War veteran. From that moment forward, Butcher was inspired to learn more about his family lineage and to preserve his community’s history and culture. In 2003, he curated an exhibit on Black life in the Ohio River Valley […]
Thursday, February 12th, 10AM & 1PM — Hildreth Mirza Hall, Great Room As part of the BHC’s Theme Year Programming series: “Black Appalachia and the Search for Nowhere”, panelists will present research on Black life and culture in the Appalachian region, bringing fugitivity and marronage into conversation with Black Appalachian studies. The symposium will take place on Thursday, Feb. 12th in the Great Room of Hildreth-Mirza Hall, 760 Fraternity Road in Lewisburg PA. Panel 1 is at 10am and Panel 2 at 1pm, with a post-panel reception and concert at 4:30PM.
Thursday, November 13, 2025, 4:30-6:00 pm
HMH Great Room
November 2, 2025, 3:00 p.m.Iron Front Event Space, 434 Market Street Artist Marie Cochran reimagines the novel “Those We Thought We Knew,” by David Joy that explores themes of generational trauma, and betrayal through the story of a young Black artist who returns to her ancestral home. This exhibition is presented in collaboration with Bucknell’s Critical Black Studies program.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 7:00 pmGallery Theatre, ELC 3rd Fl. As part of the Bucknell Humanities Center’s Themed-Year-Programming, “Black Appalachia and the Search for Nowhere” we are hosting a Film Screening: THE EASTERN KENTUCKY SOCIAL CLUB, followed by a virtual Q and A session from the director, William Isom II after the viewing. Film screening located in the Gallery Theatre, ELC 3rd Fl. The Eastern Kentucky Social Club (EKSC) was founded in 1969 by Appalachian families who migrated out of the coalfields to mostly northern cities. This organization, with chapters all over the country, was established to provide continued connection and reunion for […]
Keynote address by Professor William Turner Thursday, Sept. 4, 4:30-6:00pm, HMH Great Room
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