Black History Live: Harriet Tubman

Name: Black History Live: Harriet Tubman
Start: 2025-02-08T17:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-02-08T19:00:00-07:00
Location: 215 S. Tejon Street, 80903

Schedule

Sat Feb 08 2025 at 05:30 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

215 S. Tejon Street, 80903 | Colorado Springs, CO

Performed by Becky Stone, Nationally Recognized Chautauquan Scholar. Presented in partnership with Colorado Humanities.
The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum presents the 2025 lecture series, featuring a wide range of speakers offering diverse perspectives and unique insights on Pikes Peak regional history. Admission is free, but registration is required.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Now in its 16th year, Colorado Humanities’ Black History Live tour is an annual recognition each February of the significant contributions African Americans have made and continue to make to art, culture, economic development, education, human rights, medicine, public services, politics, and sports. This year’s statewide tour will feature the living-history portrayal of Harriet Tubman by nationally acclaimed scholar/actor Becky Stone.
The portrayal will be performed in a Chautauqua format, which is a first-person dramatization of a historical figure. The speaker’s monologue typically lasts 40 minutes, followed by 20 minutes of Q&A, first in character and then out of character as the scholar/performer.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Becky Stone was born and raised in Philadelphia. She earned her undergraduate degree at Vassar College in Drama with a minor in French. Her M.A. is in Elementary Educational Counseling from Villanova University. Becky worked seven years for the Philadelphia School System and taught theater 10 years at a classical Christian school in NC. Becky has been a Chautauqua scholar since 2003 when she first presented Pauli Murray. Her other characters are Rosa Parks, and Maya Angelou. All were premiered at the Greenville, South Carolina Chautauqua Festival. Becky also performs as a storyteller at festivals, libraries, and schools.