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Black History Month: Frederick Douglass and Capt. John Brown
2024-02-18 14:00:00 2024-02-18 15:00:00 America/New_York Black History Month: Frederick Douglass and Capt. John Brown Celebrate Black History and American History by peering into the friendship of two icons in the abolitionist movement. Alachua Branch - Meeting Room

Sunday, February 18
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-02-18 14:00:00 2024-02-18 15:00:00 America/New_York Black History Month: Frederick Douglass and Capt. John Brown Celebrate Black History and American History by peering into the friendship of two icons in the abolitionist movement. Alachua Branch - Meeting Room

Alachua Branch

Meeting Room

Celebrate Black History and American History by peering into the friendship of two icons in the abolitionist movement.

Join us for an afternoon with Frederick Douglass and Captain John Brown. This theatrical production, featuring E. Stanley Richardson and Shamrock McShane, will look into the friendship between these two icons of the abolitionist movement. 

This performance is co-sponsored with ARTSPEAKSgnv Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to supporting poets and artists in North Central Florida. To learn more information, visit: https://www.artspeaksgnv.org/ 

AGE GROUP: | All Ages |

EVENT TYPE: | History & Genealogy | Entertainment |

TAGS: | Theater | Frederick Douglas | Captain John Brown | Black History Month | ARTSPEAKSgnv | Abolitionist Movement |

Alachua Branch
Phone: 386-462-2592
Branch manager
Ross Woodbridge
Hours
Mon, May 05 10:00AM to 6:00PM
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