Newport Middle Passage Port Marker Project invites you to a Juneteenth* Celebration Virtual Lecture: AFRICAN AMERICAN UN-FREEDOM 1877-1960s

About this event

Presented by renowned professor and journalist Dr. Fred Zilian, this online lecture will address the period from the end of Reconstruction to the end of the 1960s, a period of “un-freedom” and inequality for African Americans.

It will cover the concept of segregation, the Jim Crow laws, important Supreme Court rulings, violence against African Americans, important black leaders of the era, black contributions in World War II, and the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

Q&A to follow and Dr. Zilian will be happy to address the current challenges facing Americans regarding race relations.