Chester County Library System: Black History Month Programs

Malvern PA

26 January, 2022

2:19 PM

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Press release from the Chester County Library System: January 26, 2022 Oxford Library, Downingtown Library, and Spring City Library Present the following Programs: Harriet Tubman: An Appreciation This program offers an appreciation of the very long life of Harriet Tubman and the many activities in which she played a major role.  She is best known for her work as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, but that was only over an eight year period.  There is just so much more to her story. Join us to learn more about this inspiring and remarkable woman, her community activism, and service to others. Roberta McManus had a 39 year career teaching in the Oxford Area School District.  In her retirement, she enjoys teaching science and history classes for various lifelong learning programs and volunteering with the Oxford Educational Foundation.  African Agency in Chester County 1850 - 1865  Please join us for this Zoom Presentation. Growing up in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Jordan Denson always had several questions he wondered about such as how did people of African descent arrive in the area?  Who were these individuals and groups?  What was it like for liberated Africans to live in a location so close to the Mason-Dixon Line where enslavement continued in border states like Delaware and Maryland?  What African communities existed that resisted enslavement?  Why was Ashmun Institute (modern day Lincoln University) created?  Why did there seem to be a disconnect between Lincoln University and the surrounding community?  This presentation will focus on African agency in Chester County and the surrounding area from 1850 to 1865 that will seek to answer these questions and more Mr. Denson has had from a youth until now. Jordan Denson is a lifetime resident of Chester County, Pennsylvania, in which he grew up in Oxford.  Mr. Denson graduated from Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in History and a minor in Black Studies.  He also earned a Master of Arts Degree in African American Studies from Temple University, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 2011.  Currently, he is working on his doctorate from Temple University in Africology and African American Studies.  He is ABD, and the focus of his dissertation is African agency in Chester County, Pennsylvania, from 1850 to 1865.  Mr. Denson is the youngest son to Alameda and David Denson and sibling of Marques Denson.  Currently, he is Coordinator for the Early Monitoring Alert Program (EMAP) as well as Coordinator and Counselor for the Act 101 Program at Lincoln University (Pennsylvania).  He has also been an adjunct professor at Lincoln University teaching courses such as African American Experience, African American History I, African American History II, Blacks in Science, History of Revolutionary Africa in the Twentieth Century, and Take the Knee: We've Been Here Before.  At Temple University, he has taught African Civilization, History and Significance of Race, Intro to African American Studies, Representing Race, and Sports and Leisure in American Society. Please register online through any of the host libraries here: LibCal - Chester County Library System  This press release was produced by the Chester County Library System. The views expressed here are the author's own.