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A WOMAN OF ENDURANCE: Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa with Luis Figueroa-Martínez (VIRTUAL)

Mark Twain House

The Mark Twain House & Museum and the Amistad Center for Art & Culture present a discussion on this moving new novel with author Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa and Trinity College Professor Luis Figueroa-Martínez.  Combining the haunting power of Toni Morrison’s Beloved with the evocative atmosphere of Phillippa Gregory’s A Respectable Trade, Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa’s groundbreaking novel illuminates a little discussed aspect […]

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FREEDOM TO READ: Fighting Book Banning and Censorship in Our Libraries with Deborah Caldwell-Stone and Bridget Quinn (Virtual)

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In observance of Banned Book Week, MTH&M and Hartford Public Library present a virtual conversation between Deborah Caldwell-Stone, executive director of the Freedom to Read Foundation, and the ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom, and Hartford Public Library CEO Bridget Quinn. Presented in partnership with the Unite Against Book Bans campaign.  Upon its publication in 1885, […]

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MTH&M and the Amistad Center present BEATRICE’S LEDGER: GROWING UP IN THE JIM CROW SOUTH with Ruth and Vivian Martin and Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar (In-Person)

Mark Twain House

The Mark Twain House & Museum and the Amistad Center for Art & Culture are proud to present an in-person event with local authors and scholars (and mother and daughter!) Dr. Ruth Martin and Dr. Vivian Martin discussing Ruth’s new memoir BEATRICE’S LEDGER: GROWING UP IN THE JIM CROW SOUTH with UCONN History Professor Jeffrey […]

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The Amistad Center and The MTH&M present Kerri Greenidge on THE GRIMKES: THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN AN AMERICAN FAMILY (Virtual)

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In conjunction with the U.N. International Day to Abolish Slavery, the Amistad Center for Art & Culture and The MTH&M present Tufts Professor Kerri K Greenidge on THE GRIMKES: A LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN AN AMERICAN FAMILY with MTH&M Education Program Coordinator Dr. Erin Bartram.  Sarah and Angelina Grimke—the Grimke sisters—are revered figures in American […]

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MTH&M and Amistad Center present RADICAL LIVES: Four Abolitionists with Linda Hirshman, Lydia Moland and Dr. dann J. Broyld (Virtual)

Mark Twain House

In observation of the U.N. International Day to Abolish Slavery, MTH&M and The Amistad Center for Art & Culture present a conversation on four pivotal figures in the abolitionist movement. Featured guests include Linda Hirshman, author of THE COLOR OF ABOLITION: How a Printer, a Prophet and a Contessa Moved a Nation, and Lydia Moland, […]

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