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2025 Founders Day Symposium: Jennifer Rycenga on her new book, Schooling the Nation: The Success of the Canterbury Academy for Black Women
2025 Founders Day Symposium: Jennifer Rycenga on her new book, Schooling the Nation: The Success of the Canterbury Academy for Black Women
In 1830s Connecticut, Prudence Crandall, a white woman, stood against racism to open a private academy for young Black women. Author and Professor Emerita Jennifer Rycenga will detail the story of Crandall and her courageous students' resistance in the face of the ensuing racist backlash. As is often the case, the effort to suppress rights [...]
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DRC Museum Open: Sundays 12-4, May-October
The DRC is open Sunday afternoons, 12-4. Come learn about the courageous individuals in 1840s and 1850s Florence who challenged slavery and prejudice, and sought to build a community based on principles of race, gender, class and religious equality. Exhibits tells the stories of famous abolitionist icons who lived in Florence like Sojourner Truth [...]
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20th Annual Sojourner Truth Memorial Celebration followed by Reception at DRC
20th Annual Sojourner Truth Memorial Celebration followed by Reception at DRC
The 20th annual Sojourner Truth Memorial Celebration in Florence, MA is on Sunday, May 25 at 2pm. Six exceptional graduating high school seniors from Hampden and Hampshire public schools will be honored with the prestigious Sojourner Truth Social Justice Awards at this event, which will also feature music, keynote speakers, and special guest remarks by [...]