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Making Her Mark Spotlight: Black Sisterhood and Suffrage | Digital Discussion
Wed, March 24, 2021
7:00 P.M.
Zoom
From the recent 'Stroll to the Polls' that mobilized voters for the 2020 presidential election, to the longstanding commitments to public service and racial uplift, Black Greek sororities have played a pivotal role in expanding and activating voting rights since well before the passage…
Virtual - Deborah Willis | The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship
Tue, March 30, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
DETAILS TO COME In the meantime, read more about the author and book here. https://www.inquirer.com/arts/books/deborah-willis-black-civil-war-soldier-book-20210223.html
VIRTUAL - Quiara Alegría Hudes | My Broken Language
Wed, April 7, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE Quiara Alegría Hudes won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Water by the Spoonful , a story of “shimmering, sustaining warmth” ( New York Times ) that follows an Iraq War veteran struggling for purchase after returning home. She also…
Making Her Mark Spotlight: Poetry and Movement Building | Digital Readings
Thu, April 8, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Zoom
Live readings of historical and contemporary poetry that center movement building. Movements to expand voting rights have always used spoken word and poetry as modes of expression and connection. Join staff from the Free Library's Division of Cultural and Civic Engagement and the Literature…
VIRTUAL - Larry Krasner | For the People: A Story of Justice and Power
Tue, April 20, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE Winning on a platform of prison reform in a city notorious for its high incarceration rates, Larry Krasner was elected District Attorney of Philadelphia in 2018 with more than 50% of the vote. He worked as a public defender and civil rights lawyer in Philadelphia for more than…
Making Her Mark Spotlight: Generation to Generation | Digital Discussion
Thu, May 6, 2021
5:30 P.M.
Zoom
Join curators from regional institutions whose exhibitions look at the multi-generational women-led movement building around voter rights and enfranchisement leading up to the passage of the 19th Amendment and beyond. This discussion will provide additional context on exhibitions accessible…