This in-person talk explores the physical and symbolic landscape of Dorchester North. Public historian Sarah Jackson will discuss the artistic traditions, burial practices, and spatial politics that shaped the cemetery’s landscape, with a focus on how Black presence has been both marked and overlooked.

A $10 donation per person is suggested. REGISTER HERE.

Please note: this event will be held outside, rain or shine. Please dress appropriately.

About our speaker:

Sarah Jackson is the Innovation Islands Program Assistant at Boston Harbor Now, which works to increase accessibility, visibility, and visitation on Boston’s waterfront. Prior to this role, she was a graduate intern at the Shirley-Eustis House and Public History student at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she researched the burial practices of free and enslaved African and African Americans in Boston and Rhode Island. She has also worked at Revolutionary Spaces, the Mass History Alliance, and the Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives. Sarah earned her BA in History from Calvin University.