Time: 6:00-7:30pm

Location: Lynn Museum & Arts Center, 590 Washington Street Lynn, MA 01901

Participants:

• Kenneth B. Morris, Jr., President, Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives, great-great-great grandson of Frederick Douglass and great-great grandson of Booker T. Washington

• Tom Dalton, historian and author of Frederick Douglass: The Lynn Years

• Doneeca Thurston-Chavez, Director of the Lynn Museum and Arts Center

Description: Join us for a dynamic conversation exploring Frederick Douglass’s deep connections to Lynn and the broader Douglass family’s legacy in Massachusetts. This event brings together descendants, historians and artists to reflect on Douglass’s years in Lynn, the role the city played in shaping his activism and the continued relevance of his work today. The discussion will also touch on Douglass’s 1845 journey to Ireland and its lasting impact.

NOTE: 

• Admission: Lynn Museum Members free;  $5 donation others (all proceeds benefit the Museum)

• Registration required via the Lynn Museum website)

• Event followed by a Meet and Greet/Reception

Time: 11:00am Eastern

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

Participants:

• Prof August H. Nimtz 

• Prof Kyle A. Edwards

• Prof Jack Kaufman-McKivigan (Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis)

Description: This conversation brings together leading scholars to explore how Karl Marx and Frederick Douglass understood and responded to the American Civil War in real time. Drawing on their book The Communist and the Revolutionary Liberal in the Second American Revolution: Comparing Karl Marx and Frederick Douglass in Real-Time (Brill, 2024), Professors August H. Nimtz and Kyle A. Edwards join Professor Jack Kaufman-McKivigan, editor of the Frederick Douglass Papers, for a thought-provoking dialogue on political philosophy, revolutionary change and the global significance of Douglass’s voice.