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Music in the Stacks: When Folksongs Bring Freedom with Hilliard Greene In-Person

In honor of Black History Month, the acclaimed composer and performer Hilliard Greene presents “Milestone Negro Spirituals: When Folksongs Bring Freedom.” Experience the significance and beauty of the remarkable songs associated with the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century enslaved people of African descent in their efforts to escape to free states and to Canada. These uniquely American heritage songs offered coded information that helped runaway slaves elude capture.

Date:
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Time:
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Adult Library
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