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About Us

Hidden Brookline is much more than tours. In 2022 we have: 
  • ​Researched Brookline’s Thomas Perkins’ slave trading & opium smuggling-- on the Boston institutions that sanitize him​
Served on advisory committees for:
  • Faneuil Hall (re slavery)
  • Revolutionary Act (re suffragists, such as Florida Ruffin Ridley)
  • Jamaica Plain (on building their organization re slavery & freedom)​
  • Brookline Preservation Commission (re slave traders)
  • Heath School (the history of the Heath family)

Given Talks at:
  • Massachusetts Historical Society
  • History Cambridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdkdKhH3gU4 (30 min)
  • Heath School
  • Coolidge Corner Library

Continuing research, now focusing on Brookline’s six slave traders: 
During our first fifteen years…
Ongoing research on slavery and freedom
Permanent public memorial stones, each with a public unveiling ceremony

Talks & exhibits at
  • Neighborhood associations
  • Brookline libraries on varied related topics

Brookline Schools
  • Consultant for Brookline’s new grade 3 curriculum on colonial slavery in MA (as part of the social studies curriculum on Colonial America)
  • Walking tours for classes
  • Professional development program for grade 3 teachers
  • The Ridley School: gave a talk to Ridley parents & children; researched her life; participated in the movement to change the school’s named from Edward Devotion

Cultural events
  • A concert honoring Roland Hayes
  • A sneak preview of a downtown play about Roland Hayes
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​Events: We regularly offer walking tours of slavery & freedom through Brookline Adult Ed and for any group of 6 or more. We will schedule a walking tour whenever you and five friends get together and select a date! To find information about the next walking tour, click here!

For more information or to schedule a talk or a walking tour, contact Lloyd Gellineau, director of the Office of Diversity and Community Relations: lgellineau@brooklinema.gov or
Dr. Barbara Brown, founder and chair of Hidden Brookline: bbbrown@bu.edu

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Last updated 3/4/2023