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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation |
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The Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibition “Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s journey to emancipation” on November 28, 2008. The library is one of only 63 libraries in the United States selected to host the traveling exhibition, which was organized by the Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif., and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, New York City in cooperation with the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office.   |
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Music Of the Civil War Era by Joe Becton December 13, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. Mr. Becton will appear in 19th century clothing and present American music from 1800 to 1876. The music will emphasize African Americans and their struggle to be free. We will learn about how the social and political environment influenced the creation of new musical styles including: work songs, spiritual, minstrel music and ragtime.
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Philadelphia Women’s Street Car Battle presented by Judith Giesberg January 10, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. This lecture considers the grass roots efforts to integrate street car travel in Philadelphia during the Civil War. It considers the brave work of well-known civil rights activist Lucretia Mott but also less well-known African American women such as Carrie LaCount who were willing to put their bodies on the line in the struggle for civil rights at home
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“Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly” by Jennifer Fleischner, discussion led by Kathy McNamee January 17, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. Pioneering historian Jennifer Fleischner traces the unusual friendship between Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Weekly. Fleischner traces the pivotal events that enabled these two women-one born to be a mistress, one born to be a slave-to forge such an unlikely bond at a time when relations between blacks and whites were tearing the nation apart
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“Thomas Garrett and the Underground Railroad” Presented by William C. Kashatus January 17, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. In the role of abolitionist Thomas Garrett, Kashatus brings to life the drama of runaway slaves as they travel the Eastern Line of the Underground Railroad. Using period costumes, everyday work tools, and audience participation, Kashatus demonstrates how Garrett disguised the runaways for their desperate journey.
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Glory A dramatic film account of Robert Gould Shaw leading the US Civil War’s first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudice in both his own Union army and the Confederate. (1/7/09) Amistad Critically acclaimed film about an 1839 mutiny aboard a slave ship that is traveling toward the northeast coast of America. Much of the story involves a courtroom drama about the free man who led the revolt. (1/14/09) Whispers of Angels A story of the Underground Railroad. Defiant, Brave and free, the great abolitionists Thomas Garrett, William Still and Harriet Tubman, along with hundreds of lesser known and nameless opponents of slavery, formed a “Corridor of Courage” stretching from Maryland’s Eastern shore through the length of Delaware to Philadelphia and beyond—Making the Underground Railroad a real route to freedom for enslaved Americans before the Civil War. (1/21/09) All Showings at 6:30 p.m. For a booklist to accompany the traveling exhibition click here. For a list of related websites to accompany the traveling exhibition click here. |
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