Public Programs


The following events were sponsored by the Library of Congress in conjunction with the African American Odyssey Exhibition:

Films

March 10, 1998
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry, from the PBS series, The American Experience.

March 11, 1998
Liberators--Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II, from the PBS series, The American Experience.

April 7, 1998
Marion Anderson, Documentary.

April 9, 1998
Stars of Harlem, 1954, from the series, Show Time at the Apollo.

April 9, 1998
Down Beat Revue, 1955, from the series, Show Time at the Apollo.


The African American Odyssey Exhibition Lecture Series

February 23, 1998
Speaker: Paul Finkelman
Topic: "Fugitives and Freed Blacks: The Legal Context"

March 4, 1998
Speaker: Eric Foner
Topic: "Lincoln and Emancipation: The Road to Reconstruction"

March 20, 1998
Speaker: Dr. Joanne Braxton
Topic: "Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Social and Literary Context"

March 26, 1998
Speaker: Professor Loren Schweninger
Topic: "Broadsides and Advertisements: Profile of a Runaway Slave"

April 6, 1998
Speaker: Professor Ken Hamilton
Topic: "Westward Migration and the Formation of New Towns in the Era of Booker T. Washington"

April 14, 1998
Speaker: Professor Evelyn Higginbotham
Topic: "Race, Gender and the Challenge of Citizenship"



African American Odyssey Introduction


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