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FINDING THE CHILDREN OF SLAVES:
A GENERATION’S UNTOLD STORY
MONDAY, February 22, 2010, 6:30 p.m. Free. Reservations required. Please call 215.409.6700 or order online.
Annenberg Center for Education and Outreach
F.M. Kirby Auditorium
National Constitution Center
Independence Mall
525 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA
In honor of Black History Month, the Center welcomes Newsweek’s Sana Butler for a conversation about her new book Sugar of the Crop, an account of her ten year odyssey to find and interview the last surviving children of American slaves. Butler will discuss how freed slaves raised their children in the years following the end of the Civil War. She details a race against time to crisscross the country to reveal the hopes and dreams of the first generation of free African Americans. She will discuss the immigrant mentality black parents carried after 1865 as they believed in the Constitution and the potential of a new America.
Sana Butler is a special correspondent for Newsweek International. In that role, she covers the world writing human-interest stories on travel, from gorilla trekking in Rwanda to opera vacations in Italy. Previously she worked at the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, and ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, where she was an associate producer. Sugar of the Crop is her first book. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
A book sale and signing will follow the program, courtesy of Joseph Fox Bookshop. Parking for this event is available for $9.00 at the National Constitution Center garage located at the rear of the building on Race Street between 5th and 6th Streets. Parking availability is subject to change, so please call the Constitution Center on the day of the program or check our web site for more information. Please also see our directions by public transportation.
For reservations please call 215.409.6700 or order online*. Programs at the National Constitution Center begin promptly and latecomers may not be admitted to the program. Please note that this program is subject to change.
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