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Meet the Authors: African Americans of Alexandria

Title:Meet the Authors: African Americans of Alexandria
Date & Time:Sat May 24, 2014 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location:Alexandria Archaeology Museum, 105 N. Union St. (Map This)
Suite #327
Event Details:Lecture and Book Signing: with the authors of “African Americans of Alexandria, Beacons of Light in the Twentieth Century”. Meet authors,Char McCargo Bah, Christa Watters, Audrey P. Davis, Gwendolyn Brown-Henderson and James E. Henson Sr. for a discussion of their new book. Sitting just south of the nation’s capital, Alexandria has a long and storied history.

Still, little is known of Alexandria’s twentieth-century African American community. Experience the harrowing narratives of trials and triumph as Alexandria’s African Americans helped to shape not only their hometown but also the world around them. Rutherford Adkins became one of the first black fighter pilots as a Tuskegee Airman.

Samuel Tucker, a twenty-six-year-old lawyer, organized and fought for Alexandria to share its wealth of knowledge with the African American community by opening its libraries to all colors and creeds.

Discover a vibrant past that, through this record, will be remembered.

Sponsored by the Friends of Alexandria Archaeology (FOAA).
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Fees:The event is free but reservations are required.
Audience:Anyone may attend
Tags:Lecture


For event details visit http://www.alexandriava.gov/c/8513
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