Workshop will be held twice over the last two weeks of July 2024.
Weekly Schedule
JULY 14TH — JULY 20TH
First Workshop
JULY 21ST — JULY 27TH
Second Workshop
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Introductory session and lecture at the National Blues Museum concert space—the Legends Room
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Guided tour of National Blues Museum
Performance by local blues musicians
Walking tour of downtown St. Louis
Lecture and breakout sessions
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Tour of the Griot Museum of Black History
Driving/walking tour of the Ville neighborhood (Sumner High School, Homer G. Phillips Hospital)
Educator lecture and breakout sessions
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Tour of the House of Miles East St. Louis - Miles Davis’s childhood home
Breakout sessions at National Blues Museum
Tour of the Gateway Arch
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Visit to Harris-Stowe State University, an HBCU with historic ties to the since-demolished Mill Creek Valley neighborhood
Lecture from radio host, educator, and musician Bernie Hayes—director of Harris-Stowe’s Wolff Jazz Institute and President of the Black Radio Hall of Fame
Driving tour of the former Mill Creek Valley by Vivian Gibson
Lecture and breakout sessions at the National Blues Museum
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Presentation by Missouri Historical Society researcher
Archival research project using the collection
Culminating lesson plan and teaching philosophy statement built off of primary source
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Final, retrospective session
Award ceremony handing out certificates of completion