Co-sponsored by: Northwest African-American Museum, Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), The Hansberry Project, University of Washington- Simpson Center for Humanities and the Center for Northwest History
7:00pm on Thursday, April 15, 2010
Northwest African American Museum | 2300 S Massachusetts St, Seattle, WA (map)
Our second discussion related to the Black experience in Western America focuses on the significant role Black women played in the settling of the West.
The impact of Black women pioneers is often marginalized or unacknowledged. Through developing the first women’s clubs, homesteading, and running brothels, Black women shaped the Old West as madams, mothers, cowgirls, society ladies, and more.
Moderator: Stephanie Smallwood, PhD – Associate Professor of History at the University of Washington
Panelists: Lynn Hudson, PhD – Associate Professor of History, Macalester College; Esther Hall Mumford, noted Seattle researcher and authority on African Americans in the Northwest; and Patricia Moncure Thomas, President – Black Historical Society of Kitsap.
Tickets: $7 General Admission, $5 Students/Seniors
Purchase tickets online at brownpapertickets.com or call 1-800-838-3006.
Dish(course)! - Continue the conversation with a delicious way to end the evening, time and location TBD.
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