Widow’s Son Lodge No. 1, Prince Hall F & AM Masons
invited the public to a Freedom’s Journey event as part of the
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS & IDEAS
on Sunday afternoon, June 12, 2011, located with the historic backdrop of
The First Brick School for Colored Children
in New Haven, 1864-1874 and later a center of cultural life for the African American Community
Prince Hall Masonic Temple
106 Goffe Street.
Founding Curator Ann G. Robinson
shared how the museum opened to celebrate arrival of
Connecticut Freedom Trail, September 1997
and Writer and documentary maker David Taylor
presented a slide presentation on
Connecticut’s Prince Hall Masonic Leader George W. Crawford
Ann Garrett Robinson, EdD is the Founding Curator of the Little Red Brick Schoolhouse Museum, located in a set aside space of Widow’s Son Lodge No. 1, Prince Hall Masonic Temple, 106 Goffe Street, New Haven, Connecticut. The museum is an urban history museum; it memorializes the New Goffe Street School, the first brick school for children of color in New Haven, 1864-1874. Dr. Robinson is professor emeritus at Gateway Community College in New Haven. She is the wife of PM Charles E. Robinson, a Prince Hall Mason.
David Taylor writes for Smithsonian, The Washington Post, and other publications. He’s the author of books including Soul of a People: The WPA Writers’ Project Uncovers Depression America (2009, Wiley). He wrote and co-produced the documentary film of Soul of a People. HYPERLINK "http://www.davidataylor.com" www.davidataylor.com
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