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Speakers Bureau: “Savoring African American History through Stories and Poetry”

February 8 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Free

Take a story walk through the eyes and feelings of African Americans from slavery to the mid-seventies with Barbara J. Clark. Using award-winning literature via stories and poetry, the audience will experience plantation life and escape, life view of a 110-year-old supercentenarian, living with Jim Crow during a motor trip down south, death of Emmitt Till poetically immortalized, feelings of interracial children (Black and Jewish) during the ’70s and some experiences of outstanding African Americans (George Washington Carver, Gordon Parks and Mary McCloud Bethune). Program contents can vary to suit the audience

Details

Date:
February 8
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Cost:
Free

Organizer

Walls Public Library
Phone
(662) 781-3664
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Venue

Walls Public Library
7181 Delta Bluffs Pkwy
Walls, MS 38680-8415 United States
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Phone
(662) 781-3664
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