Monday, July 10
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30 minutes
LinkJoin us for a warm welcome from #DouglassWeek team members, an overview of what’s to come, and introductions of #DouglassWeek presenters and participants.
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60 minutes
LOCATIONTake a walk on the Cork Abolitionists Trail in Cork, Ireland, to see the city through the eyes of Frederick Douglass and other abolitionists who championed freedom. Led by Dr. Adrian Mulligan, the tour will bring you to places visited by these extraordinary women and men and amplify their stories and those of the Irish people and organisations that inspired them.
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60 minutes
LINKThis wonderful tour and talk explores the newly opened exhibition of Douglass prints, photographs and ephemera at the Smithsonian Institution National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. Guest curator Prof. John Stauffer (Harvard University) and National Portrait Gallery Senior Curator of Photographs Ann Shumard provide insight into the exhibition through a discussion moderated by Dr. Keidrick Roy (Dartmouth College).
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90 minutes
LINKThe Frederick Douglass Papers collects, edits, and publishes in books and online the speeches, letters, autobiographies, and other writings of Frederick Douglass. The project's primary aim has been to make Douglass’ surviving works accessible to a broad audience, and the effort celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, Ezra Greenspan of Southern Methodist University will moderate a discussion that includes insight into the project’s early years and current work on new print and digital editions. Participants include Larry Powell, Jeff Duvall, Jack Kaufmann-McKivigan, Sue Perdue, Caroline Dunham-Schroeter and Kristin Leary.
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TBD minutes
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