Juneteenth Event - Exhibit Chat & Walking Tour: Whose American Revolution?

Schedule

Sat Jun 17 2023 at 12:00 pm to 02:00 pm

Location

Newark Public Library - Main Branch | Newark, NJ

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How do our public spaces embody our legacies of slavery and Native American displacement but obscure our powerful histories of resistance?
About this Event
Juneteenth Gallery Talk and Walking Tour
Whose American Revolution? The Stories of Slavery and Indigenous History in the Monuments of Newark’s Harriet Tubman Square

June 17th, 2023


Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ and Harriet Tubman Square, Newark, NJ

*Registration required



12:00PM-1:00PM

Please join us at the Inspire! Newark's Underground Railroad pop-up exhibition for refreshments and brief comments by historian and artist Noelle Lorraine Williams.



1:30PM-2:30PM

Walking Tour: Whose American Revolution? The Stories of Slavery and Indigenous History in the Monuments of Newark's Harriet Tubman Square

Join us for a walking tour of Harriet Tubman Square to illuminate the various ways in which the park’s 18th and 19th-century statues and monuments connect with stories of Black slavery and freedom and Indigenous history.

*Note for successful registration you must indicate if you are attending one or both programs.

Meet-up will be at the James Brown African American Room at Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street, 2nd Floor, Newark, NJ.

The New Jersey Historical Commission’s African American History Program and Newark Public Library are co-sponsors of this event.

More information about the exhibition: bit.ly/newarkundergroundrailroad

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Where is it happening?

Newark Public Library - Main Branch, 5 Washington Street, Newark, United States

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Noelle Lorraine Williams

Host or Publisher Noelle Lorraine Williams

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