Reggie Harris: Music and the Underground Railroad

Name: Reggie Harris: Music and the Underground Railroad
Start: 2024-09-21T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-09-21T15:00:00-04:00
Location: 5577 Whittaker Road, Ypsilanti, MI, United States, Michigan 48197

Schedule

Sat Sep 21 2024 at 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

5577 Whittaker Road, Ypsilanti, MI, United States, Michigan 48197 | Ypsilanti, MI

Location: YDL-Whittaker
This interactive concert of songs, stories, and narratives about slavery and the quest for freedom reveals the hope, power, and triumph that was accomplished by a network of multicultural allies.
The Underground Railroad is one of the most important chapters in American History. This engaging, interactive concert of songs, stories, and narratives about slavery and the quest for freedom reveals the hope, power, and triumph that was accomplished by a network of multicultural allies.
Reggie Harris is an award-winning singer-songwriter and storyteller. He has been affiliated with the John F. Kennedy Center’s Partners in Education program as a teaching artist for over three decades. A 2021 winner of both the Spirit of Folk Award from Folk Alliance International and the W.E.B. Du Bois Legacy Award, Reggie is recognized for focusing new energy on the important role of music in the discourse for inclusion and the struggle for human rights using the lessons of history as a base.
See this event on our online calendar: https://attend.ypsilibrary.org/event/11444398