THE JOHN BROWN PROJECT ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL "JOHN BROWN WEEK" IN TORRINGTON — The John Brown Project A week of local events, concerts, and scholar panels to celebrate the Torrington-born abolitionist, his family's local roots, and the universal fight for human rights.

WE'RE DOING IT!
John Brown Week in Torrington, CT

Deets to follow

John Brown was right.

The John Brown: America250 roundtable series focuses on the provenance and restoration of the notable marble bust of John Brown, originally sculpted by Edward Augustus Brackett.

4/27/2026
7:00 - 8:30 PM eastern
Via Zoom

bit.ly/jb-in-art

Paid a visit to my friend General Enoch Woodhouse II JD, aka, Woody.

We interviewed him in Sep 2024 for our upcoming film, and he recently celebrated his 99th birthday.
Gen. Woodhouse is one of the few remaining Tuskegee Airmen.
Murals are in Terminal C, Logan Airport, Boston, Mass
#pushingtherock

New Browniac Digest post!

John Brown was right
(and he was born right here in Connecticut)

I like when people say "You're never going to believe it—that thing you told me to do? IT WORKED!"

Duh. Why do you think I told you to try it?

Is piglet allowed?

Sure!

We were filming an important superimposition of Black girl magic (present/future) over historic past (Jim Crow segregation), including the Tuskegee Airmen's struggle to get combat planes into the air.

It seems that everyone understood the mission.

but sometimes the gravity of the work is missed in the moment. Because we're watching the levels on batteries, adjusting the lights, looking for sand bags...

This was not one of those moments. It seemed that we were all in alignment with the Great Spirits.

The film crew, however, completely knocked it out of the park, understanding the coalition of community, history, duty, honor, and unbridled fun that kindled this opportunity.

You know we mutter things like "... need to get this in the historical record..."

Dustin Pfaender engineered the audio recording, Brian McKenna and Shane Scully filmed the performance, and my friend Angaza Mwando played the ghost of Louis Armstrong, alone in the audience.

As usual, Ysanne was amazing, Dustin was perfect, and Angaza was solid.

A MAGICAL night!
We were able to film Ysanne Marshall last night singing the lead on an amazing piece of American music history, that we cannot wait to unveil, but you're just gonna have to wait.

The Warner Theatre was generous enough to let us film on the main stage.

After the war, he toured Eastern Europe for the State Department’s cultural exchange program, to promote democracy through jazz, returing to violent segregation in the US.

Our upcoming film, Pushing The Rock, features American heroes like Dave Brubeck, who pushed the rock through tough times.

Dave Brubeck seems like an unlikely civil rights icon, but he comes by it honestly—as John Brown did.

Brubeck’s parents were quick to teach racial equality and the horrors of enslavement, and Dave steadily pushed the rock forward.

During WWII, he formed the first integrated band in the US Army

Happy History Day!

Our Executive Director, Daniel Morrison was a judge at CT History Day today in Torrington, and wow, were the papers great!
#historyday

🤠💥✊🏼. It should be a fantastic discussion!

Second Roundtable:
John Brown and Abolitionist Women

March 16;

www.eventbrite.com/e/john-brown...

John Brown and Abolitionist Women Hosted by biographer Louis A. DeCaro Jr., Ph.D., featuring historian Margaret Washington, Ph.D., and psychologist Shawndel Frasier, M.A.

John Brown and Abolitionist Women is the next John Brown: America 250 Roundtable on Monday, March 16 at 7:00 PM

Lou DeCaro Jr. Ph.D. will host historian Margaret Washington Ph.D and another scholar.

Please register below...

John Brown and Abolitionist Women Hosted by biographer Louis A. DeCaro Jr., Ph.D., featuring historian Margaret Washington, Ph.D., and psychologist Shawndel Fraser, M.A.

The second John Brown: America 250 Roundtable is on March 16

Biographer Louis A.
DeCaro Jr., Ph.D., hosts historian Margaret Washington, Ph.D., and psychologist Shawndel Fraser, M.A.

They'll go beyond the bond between Brown and Harriet Tubman to other abolitionist giants of the day.

He should aim higher

John Brown and Abolitionist Women Hosted by biographer Louis A. DeCaro Jr., Ph.D., featuring historian Margaret Washington, Ph.D., and psychologist Shawndel Frasier, M.A.

John Brown and Abolitionist Women is the next John Brown: America 250 Roundtable on Monday, March 16 at 7:00 PM

Lou DeCaro Jr. Ph.D. will host historian Margaret Washington Ph.D and another scholar.

Please register below...

Next roundtable is March 16: John Brown and Abolitionist Women

Stay tuned for details.

John Brown: America250 | Renewing the Revolution Learn the hidden history and patriotic legacy of John Brown, celebrating America's founding principles with educational events, discussions, and commemorations.

As we mark America’s 250th anniversary, we are setting the historical record straight about a patriot who gave his life for the founding principle that all people are created equal.

The website is live (and mostly filled in)!

John Brown: America 250 is a loose coalition of “Browniac” organizations, advocates, scholars, and regular folks who celebrate Brown’s passion for equality and America’s founding principles of a multiracial democracy.

John Brown was right.

Malcom X entered activism through his parents, who were advocates of Marcus Garvey.

Malcolm advocated working within our communities to bring about change, but when asked if any white people should be allowed into the Organization of Afro-American Unity, he replied,
"Maybe John Brown.”

The bold and tenacious spirit of Uncle Con lives in Torrington, CT!
Listen on WAPJ.org

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