Picturing Frederick Douglass
When: Wednesday,
September 21, 2016
5:00 PM
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7:00 PM
Where: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room
Cost: None
Description: Frederick Douglass was the most photographed American in the nineteenth century. He envisioned the the new technology of photography at the time as a crucial aid in ending slavery, racism and achieving human rights.
John Stauffer, Professor of English and African American Studies at Harvard and author of Picturing Frederick Douglass will highlight some of the images in his new book and share his insights on how Douglass crafted and controlled his personal image.
Join us Wednesday, September 21 from 5 - 7 p.m. in the Grand Reading Room at the Claire T. Carney Library at the UMass Dartmouth.
Event is free and open to the general public with light refreshments served.
This event is made possible through a 2016 UMass President's Creative Economy Initiatives Fund and organized in conjunction with the New Bedford Historical Society.
John Stauffer, Professor of English and African American Studies at Harvard and author of Picturing Frederick Douglass will highlight some of the images in his new book and share his insights on how Douglass crafted and controlled his personal image.
Join us Wednesday, September 21 from 5 - 7 p.m. in the Grand Reading Room at the Claire T. Carney Library at the UMass Dartmouth.
Event is free and open to the general public with light refreshments served.
This event is made possible through a 2016 UMass President's Creative Economy Initiatives Fund and organized in conjunction with the New Bedford Historical Society.
Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, Academic Affairs, Black Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Visual Design, Literature, Visual Arts, Lectures and Seminars, History