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SUMMARY:76 Reading Frederick Douglass Together events in 2026
DESCRIPTION:We believe Frederick Douglass’ words belong in public spaces. Every year we provide grants to support readings of his influential address\, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” in town squares\, community centers\, churches\, museums\, libraries\, parks\, and more. \nThis year\, we’re proud to share that a record-high 76 readings will take place across the commonwealth in 2026. Reference the list below to find a reading near you. \nSaturday\, May 30\nGrantee: Boston Review of Books \nLocation: Malden \nTime: 2:00 pm \nWednesday\, June 3\nGrantee: Massachusetts Voter Education Resource Network \nLocation: Boston\, Gourdin Memorial Park \nTime: 1:00 pm \nThursday\, June 4\nGrantee: Elite 413 Foundation \nLocation: Zoom \nTime: 5:00 pm \nThursday\, June 11\nGrantee: Lowell Community Charter Public School \nLocation: Lowell Community Charter Public School\, Luna Theater \nTime: 6:00 pm \nSaturday\, June 13\nGrantee: Together Hyde Park/ The Forum for Racial Equity \nLocation: Boston \nTime: 11:00 am \nSunday\, June 14\nGrantee: Jookender Community Initiative \nLocation: Framingham \nTime: 10:00 am \nTuesday\, June 16\nGrantee: Center for Law and Education \nLocation: Boston \nTime: 12:00 pm \nTuesday\, June 16\nGrantee: Artists for Humanity \nLocation: Boston \nTime: 4:30 pm \nWednesday\, June 17\nGrantee: Wellfleet Preservation Hall \nLocation: Wellfleet \nTime: 7:00 pm \nWednesday\, June 17\nGrantee: Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts (MIFA) \nLocation: De La Luz Sound Stage\, 114 Race St\, Holyoke\, MA 01040 \nTime: 5:00 pm \nThursday\, June 18\nGrantee: Bristol Community College Foundation \nLocation: Fall River \nTime: 4:30 pm \nThursday\, June 18\nGrantee: Holyoke Media Center \nLocation: Holyoke \nTime: 6:00 pm \nFriday\, June 19\nGrantee: Medway Marches \nLocation: Medway \nTime: 2:00 pm \nFriday\, June 19\nGrantee: Westford Museum \nLocation: Westford \nTime: 7:00 pm \nFriday\, June 19\nGrantee: Recovery Through Innovation \nLocation: Indian Orchard \nTime: 1:00 pm \nFriday\, June 19\nGrantee: Natick Historical Society \nLocation: Natick \nTime: 10:00 am \nFriday\, June 19\nGrantee: Old Sturbridge Village \nLocation: Sturbridge \nTime: 1:00 pm \nFriday\, June 19\nGrantee: Brookline for the Culture \nLocation: Brookline \nTime: 12:30 pm \nFriday\, June 19\nGrantee: City of Salem \nLocation: Salem \nTime: 12:30 pm \nFriday\, June 19\nGrantee: The Black Response \nLocation: Cambridge \nTime: 1:15 pm \nFriday\, June 19\nGrantee: Black Business Association of Amherst Area \nLocation: Amherst \nTime: 2:30 pm \nSaturday\, June 20\nGrantee: World of Chibuzo \nLocation: Boston \nTime: 6:00 pm \nSaturday\, June 20\nGrantee: Holliston Public Library \nLocation: Holliston \nTime: 10:00 am \nSaturday\, June 20\nGrantee: Engine Room Section/Hyde Park Lions Club \nLocation: Hyde Park \nTime: 1:00 pm \nSaturday\, June 20\nGrantee: The David and Joyce Milne Public Library \nLocation: Williamstown \nTime: 11:00 am \nSunday\, June 21\nGrantee: Berkshire Community College Foundation \nLocation: Pittsfield \nTime: 12:00 pm \nThursday\, June 25\nGrantee: Forbes House Museum \nLocation: Milton \nTime: 7:00 pm \nFriday\, June 26\nGrantee: Mass Humanities\, Museum of African American History | Boston and Nantucket\, and Community Change \nLocation: Boston Common \nTime: 12:00 pm \nFriday\, June 26\nGrantee: NAACP Worcester \nLocation: Worcester \nTime: 12:00 pm \nSaturday\, June 27\nGrantee: Rediscover Mapledale \nLocation: Stow \nTime: 10:30 am \nSaturday\, June 27\nGrantee: Historic Beverly \nLocation: Beverly \nTime: 10:00 am \nSaturday\, June 27\nGrantee: Hawthorne Youth and Community Center \nLocation: Roxbury \nTime: 2:00 pm \nSaturday\, June 27\nGrantee: Bristol Black Collective \nLocation: Fall River \nTime: 12:30 pm \nSaturday\, June 27\nGrantee: Everyday Boston \nLocation: Boston \nTime: TBD \nSunday\, June 28\nGrantee: The John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum Foundation \nLocation: Hyannis \nTime: 1:00 pm \nTuesday\, June 30\nGrantee: The Wayland Museum & Historical Society \nLocation: Wayland \nTime: 7:00 pm \nTuesday\, June 30\nGrantee: Somerville Museum \nLocation: Somerville \nTime: 6:00 pm \nWednesdsay\, July 1\nGrantee: Greenfield Community Television \nLocation: Greenfield \nTime: 5:00 pm \nWednesdsay\, July 1\nGrantee: Reading Public Library \nLocation: Reading \nTime: 6:30 pm \nWednesdsay\, July 1\nGrantee: Haitian Studies Association \nLocation: Vineyard Haven \nTime: 5:00 pm \nThursday\, July 2\nGrantee: Town of Swampscott & S.U.R.E. Diversity \nLocation: Swampscott \nTime: 4:00 pm \nFriday\, July 3\nGrantee: Northshore Juneteenth Association \nLocation: Lynn \nTime: 11:00 am \nFriday\, July 3\nGrantee: Museum of African American History | Boston and Nantucket \nLocation: Nantucket \nTime: 12:00 pm \nSaturday\, July 4\nGrantee: Wakullah Street Community Garden \nLocation: Boston \nTime: 2:00 pm \nSaturday\, July 4\nGrantee: Drag Story Hour Berkshires \nLocation: Pittsfield \nTime: 1:00 pm \nSaturday\, July 4\nGrantee: Plainfield Reads \nLocation: Plainfield\, Alden Pavilion \nTime: 10:00 am \nSaturday\, July 4\nGrantee: Old Parish Preservation Volunteers \nLocation: Norwood \nTime: 2:00 pm \nSaturday\, July 4\nGrantee: Solidarity Arts & Education Decolonial initiatives (SAEDi) Collective \nLocation: Auburn \nTime: 1:00 pm \nSaturday\, July 4\nGrantee: Royall House and Slave Quarters \nLocation: Medford \nTime: TBD \nSunday\, July 5\nGrantee: Cape Cod Cape Verdean Museum and Cultural Center \nLocation: East Falmouth \nTime: 4:00 pm \nSunday\, July 5\nGrantee: South Congregational Church \nLocation: Amherst \nTime: 3:00 pm \nSunday\, July 5\nGrantee: Castle of Our Skins \nLocation: Roxbury \nTime: 3:00 pm \nSunday\, July 5\nGrantee: Unitarian Universalist Society of Grafton and Upton \nLocation: Grafton \nTime: 5:00 pm \nSunday\, July 5\nGrantee: Newburyport Preservation Trust \nLocation: Newburyport \nTime: 10:00 am \nSunday\, July 5\nGrantee: The Poets’ Theatre of Boston \nLocation: Belmont \nTime: 3:00 pm \nMonday\, July 6\nGrantee: Marion Art Center \nLocation: Marion \nTime: 1:00 pm \nWednesday\, July 8\nGrantee:Multicultural AIDS Coalition \nLocation: Roxbury \nTime: 5:30 pm \nWednesday\, July 8\nGrantee: Whittier Home Association \nLocation: Rocky Hill Meeting House\, Amesbury \nTime: 6:00 pm \nSaturday\, July 11\nGrantee: African American Association of Brockton \nLocation: Brockton \nTime: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm \nSaturday\, July 18\nGrantee: Martin Luther King Jr. Family Services \nLocation: Springfield \nTime: 5:00 pm \nWednesday\, July 22\nGrantee: Indian Orchard Citizens Council \nLocation: Springfield \nTime: 2:00 pm \nSaturday\, September 12\nGrantee: Porter-Phelps-Huntington Foundation \nLocation: Hadley \nTime: 2:00 pm \nSaturday\, September 12\nGrantee: Think Outside The Vox \nLocation: Littleton \nTime: TBD
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