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Mar
20
2017
This program is cosponsored by the Birmingham Public Library Archives and the Birmingham African American Genealogy Study Group.
In A Mind to Stay historian Sydney Nathans tells the rare story of African Americans who moved from being enslaved to becoming owners of the very land they had worked in bondage, and who have held on to that land from emancipation through the civil rights era.
The story began in 1844, when North Carolina planter Paul Cameron bought 1,600 acres near Greensboro, ... view more »
ADMISSION INFO
Free
INDIVIDUAL DATES & TIMES*
Additional time info:
6:00 pm
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LOCATION
Birmingham Public Library - Central Branch
2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203