University Libraries' Mary Curtis Horowitz Lecture for Civic Engagement and Social Policy, featuring former NAACP President Cornell Brooks, Sunday, June 2 in Graham Chapel at Washington University. Part of the The 400 Years Plus Trilogy on Blacks in America.
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The second event in the 400 Years Plus Trilogy, a series of events commemorating the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Africans in the United States, this June 2nd event honors Juneteenth, a commemoration of the abolition of slavery and the emancipation of African American slaves through out the former Confederate States.
The featured speaker is former NAACP President Cornell W. Brooks; there will be additional speakers from the community and Washington University, as well as performances by Missouri AME Conference Choir, Better Family Life's K.Y.P.E. dance troupe, and more. Parking is free in any of the university garages.
For more information and to register for this free event, visit the Eventbrite page.
