Rockville Memorial Library
Stolen: The Story of Free African Americans Kidnapped into Slavery [CANCELED]
Rockville Memorial Library 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD, United StatesThis event has been canceled. Richard Bell, associate professor of history at the University of Maryland, College Park and the author of Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped Into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home, will talk about how the outlawing of the transatlantic slave trade in the early 1800s created a criminal network of human […]
Lecture: Great Escapes
Rockville Memorial Library 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD, United StatesHistorian Tony Cohen, president of the Menare Foundation, will discuss his organization's upcoming book, "Great Escapes: Journeys on Maryland's Underground Railroad" to be released in early 2020. This new publication will feature stories of anti-slavery figures, the locations of sanctuary sites, and reveal the routes to freedom used by freedom seekers in Montgomery County and […]
Panel: Voices of Segregation
Rockville Memorial Library 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD, United StatesComing to the Table – Montgomery County (CTTT MoCo) friend Warren Crutchfield will introduce a panel of five men who grew up throughout the United States during the time of […]
Lecture: Rockville’s Role in the Education of African Americans
Rockville Memorial Library 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD, United StatesUp until the mid-20th century, schools in Rockville – as well as Montgomery County – were segregated, but Rockville has played a major part in ever-increasing educational opportunities for African […]
Lecture: Differing Historical Perspectives on Slavery in MD and DC
Rockville Memorial Library 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD, United StatesThe word “slavery” brings up a mental image of the “peculiar institution” as it existed in the Deep South right before the Civil War. Slavery in the Washington area was […]