How and why did they do it?Posted in History, Live Events, Media Archive, Passing, United States on 2016-02-16 00:46Z by Steven |
How and why did they do it?
Harriet Beecher Stowe House
2950 Gilbert Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45206
Sunday, 2016-02-28, 13:00 EST (Local Time)
Between the the 18th and mid-20th centuries, countless African Americans passed as white, leaving behind families and friends, roots and communities.
Allyson Hobbs, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of History, Stanford University, will be at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House Sunday, February 28, at 1 pm to discuss her book A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life, published Harvard University Press.
A Chosen Exile was selected as an Editors’ Choice by The New York Times Book Review, The Root, and The San Francisco Chronicle.
It’s a story of challenges and loss in a country obsessed with racial distinctions.
Free to the public. Refreshments will be served. Reservations available by e-mail @ friendsharrietbeecherstowe@gmail.com or call 513-751-0651.