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Celebrate Black History Month on Saturday, Feb 10 at ScotLib
In honor of Black History Month, the Scotch Plains Public Library is offering a full day of exciting programming on Saturday, February 10.
In honor of Black History Month, the Scotch Plains Public Library is offering a full day of exciting programming on Saturday, February 10.
From 9:30 am to 11:30 am, artist Mansa Mussa will lead an intergenerational program creating Freedom Collages. Completed collages will be displayed in the Gallery space throughout the month. Registration is required to ensure adequate supplies, one registration per group.
At 1:30 pm, the library will unveil an exhibition from the Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History titled Frederick Douglass From Slavery to Freedom: the Journey to New York City. This exhibit explores Douglass’ life under slavery, in his own words, and his escape to freedom.
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At 2 pm, Dr. Douglas Jones of Rutgers University will present Frederick Douglass: Reader, Preacher, Orator, a lecture about Douglass’ public speaking career from local preacher to world-renown orator. He will also highlight the religious and secular contexts that gave shape to his rhetorical practice and helped make his speaking career so memorable. Light refreshments will be served. Registration is strongly recommended.
Programming will continue on Thursday, February 15 at 7 pm with a book discussion led by Dr. Linda Caldwell Epps. A library favorite, she returns to discuss Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of their Runaway Slave by Erica Armstrong Dunbar. A revelatory account of the actions taken by the first president to retain his slaves in spite of Northern laws, Dunbar describes the intense manhunt that ensued when Washington’s slave Ona Judge ran away. A limited number of books will be available to borrow beginning February 1. Registration is required.
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These events are free and open to all interested participants. For more information or to register, go to www.scotlib.org, email library@scotlib.org, call (908) 322-5007 x 204 or stop by the Reference Desk. The Scotch Plains Library is located at 1927 Bartle Avenue, one block from Park Avenue in the center of town.
