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CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Equity
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 ar/Detail.aspx?si=56875\n\nWe are excited to announce a new round of Tabl
 es of Conscience book-themed dinners to raise money for the 2024 scholars
 hips in the names of Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas. These will be held
  in January and February in order to raise the amount needed by March 1\,
  2024 for two scholarships worth $3\,000 each for two African American Al
 exandria City High School students. \n\nThree ACRP Members have volunteer
 ed to host dinners in their homes for 8-12 people from 6-9 p.m. Those int
 erested in attending will select one of the books listed below and buy a 
 ticket through the Office of Historic Alexandria's online ticket system. 
 About a week before the dinner\, ticket holders will receive an email wit
 h the name and address of the hosts. \n\nBook: The Half That Has Never Be
 en Told: Slavery and American Capitalism\, by Edward E. Baptist.\nEdward 
 Baptist puts slavery at the very center of this nation's political and ec
 onomic past. Deemed a "radical new interpretation of history" this award 
 winning book details how slavery grew the United States into a modern\, i
 ndustrial\, capitalist nation. "In the span of a single lifetime\, the So
 uth grew from a  narrow coastal strip of worn-out tobacco plantations to 
 a continental cotton empire." In the process of telling this story\, Bapt
 ist humanizes those enslaved and shares the truth about the brutality the
 y faced through the testimonies of survivors\, politicians and entreprene
 urs as well as plantation records and newspapers.\n\nPlease note the Febr
 uary 10 dinner has SOLD OUT.\n\n\nLocation: See Details\nFees: $125\, The
  book is not included in the ticket price and should be purchased separat
 e from a local bookstore.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black Histo
 ry\, Black History Museum\, Equity\, Museums\n\nWeb resources:\n\nBuy Tic
 kets Here\nhttps://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx\n
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SUMMARY:Tables of Conscience-Slavery By Another Name
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=56875">https://apps.alexandri
 ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=56875</a><br />\n<br />We are excited to 
 announce a new round of Tables of Conscience book-themed dinners to raise
  money for the 2024 scholarships in the names of Joseph McCoy and Benjami
 n Thomas. These will be held in January and February in order to raise th
 e amount needed by March 1\, 2024 for two scholarships worth $3\,000 each
  for two African American Alexandria City High School students. \n<br />\
 n<br />Three ACRP Members have volunteered to host dinners in their homes
  for 8-12 people from 6-9 p.m. Those interested in attending will select 
 one of the books listed below and buy a ticket through the Office of Hist
 oric Alexandria?s online ticket system. About a week before the dinner\, 
 ticket holders will receive an email with the name and address of the hos
 ts. \n<br />\n<br />Book: The Half That Has Never Been Told: Slavery and 
 American Capitalism\, by Edward E. Baptist.\n<br />Edward Baptist puts sl
 avery at the very center of this nation?s political and economic past. De
 emed a ?radical new interpretation of history? this award winning book de
 tails how slavery grew the United States into a modern\, industrial\, cap
 italist nation. ?In the span of a single lifetime\, the South grew from a
   narrow coastal strip of worn-out tobacco plantations to a continental c
 otton empire.? In the process of telling this story\, Baptist humanizes t
 hose enslaved and shares the truth about the brutality they faced through
  the testimonies of survivors\, politicians and entrepreneurs as well as 
 plantation records and newspapers.\n<br />\n<br />Please note the Februar
 y 10 dinner has SOLD OUT.\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: See Details\n<
 br />Fees: $125\, The book is not included in the ticket price and should
  be purchased separate from a local bookstore.\n<br />Audience: Anyone ma
 y attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Equity\, Mus
 eums<br>\n<a href="https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx">Buy Tickets
  Here</a><br>\n
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