BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Black History Museum CATEGORIES:Museums CATEGORIES:Parker Gray DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend ar/Detail.aspx?si=17303\n\nThousands of African Americans escaped slavery during the Civil War by coming into Union-occupied Alexandria. They pers evered through poverty\, disease\, and prejudice. Learn how two women\, o ne black and one white\, helped improve conditions while carving out new roles for themselves in 19th century America.\n\nPaula Whitacre's recentl y published book\, A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time\, is a biography of Ju lia Wilbur and tells the story of how Wilbur and Jacobs became effective advocates for free people's rights. Whitacre will be available to sign c opies of her book.\n\nHarriet Ann Jacobs. Jacobs\, who lived in Alexandri a during the Civil War\, wrote about her war experiences working with Ale xandria's contraband population. Jacobs was an African-American writer wh o escaped from slavery and was later freed. She became an abolitionist sp eaker and reformer. She wrote an autobiographical novel\, Incidents in th e Life of a Slave Girl.\nPaula Whitacre is a freelance writer and editor who has lived in Alexandria for many years. Her bachelor's and master's d egrees in International Studies are from Johns Hopkins University. Whitac re channeled her love of history into extensive research on Harriet Jacob s. Her book\, A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time\, is based on primary sourc e material\, including Jacobs' diary.\n\n\nLocation: Black History Museum \, 902 Wythe St.\nContact Phone: 703.746.4356\nFees: Free\, but reservati ons are encouraged.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History Mus eum\, Museums\, Parker Gray\n\nWeb resources:\n\nhttps://shop.alexandriav a.gov\n DTEND:20180203T173000Z DTSTAMP:20180131T214239Z DTSTART:20180203T160000Z GEO:38.812083;-77.048042 LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St. SEQUENCE:8 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Lecture: Harriet Jacobs and Julia Wilbur TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:48de2add-da4d-47b8-ae33-a7e4b867b217 URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandri ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=17303
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Thousands of Afric an Americans escaped slavery during the Civil War by coming into Union-oc cupied Alexandria. They persevered through poverty\, disease\, and prejud ice. Learn how two women\, one black and one white\, helped improve condi tions while carving out new roles for themselves in 19th century America. \n
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Paula Whitacre?s recently published book\, A Civil Life i n an Uncivil Time\, is a biography of Julia Wilbur and tells the story of how Wilbur and Jacobs became effective advocates for free people?s right s. Whitacre will be available to sign copies of her book.\n
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Harriet Ann Jacobs. Jacobs\, who lived in Alexandria during the Civil Wa r\, wrote about her war experiences working with Alexandria?s contraband population. Jacobs was an African-American writer who escaped from slaver y and was later freed. She became an abolitionist speaker and reformer. S he wrote an autobiographical novel\, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Gir l.\n
Paula Whitacre is a freelance writer and editor who has lived i n Alexandria for many years. Her bachelor'\;s and master'\;s degree s in International Studies are from Johns Hopkins University. Whitacre ch anneled her love of history into extensive research on Harriet Jacobs. He r book\, A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time\, is based on primary source mat erial\, including Jacobs? diary.\n
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Location: Black H istory Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n
Contact Phone: 703.746.4356\n
F ees: Free\, but reservations are encouraged.\n
Audience: Anyone may attend\n
Tags: Black History Museum\, Museums\, Parker Gray
\nhttps://shop.alexandriava.gov
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