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Bringing History to the Stage: A Conversation about "The Rescue Trial" and Remembering Rosetta Douglass and Lewis Hayden (conversation)

Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EASTERN

Location: ONLINE (link available on our website closer to the event)

Participants:

    • Latisha Jones, playwright, actress, arts administrator (Washington, DC)

    • Dr Caroline Dunham-Schroeter, President of The Globe Lane Initiative/#DouglassWeek team

    • Kristin Leary, Vice President of The Globe Lane Initiative/#DouglassWeek team

Description: This conversation with playwright Latisha Jones explores her new work “The Rescue Trial”, a play that brings to life the story of Rosetta Douglass—daughter of Frederick Douglass—and Boston abolitionist Lewis Hayden during the turbulent years of the Fugitive Slave Act. Jones will discuss her inspiration, creative process and the historical research that shaped the play as well as broader themes of justice, power and legacy. Together with the #DouglassWeek team she will reflect on the play’s contemporary resonance and the ways art can illuminate connections between past and present struggles for freedom.

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“Anna Murray Douglass and the Freedom Fighting Collective” (panel discussion)