Passing on the Legacy: An Intimate Dine & Discussion with Michelle Duster

235 Holliday Street,Baltimore MD 21202

18 March, 2022

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Join us Friday, March 18th, 2022 for a discussion with Michelle Duster - author, public historian, and great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells. Join us Friday, March 18th, 2022 for an intimate discussion with Michelle Duster - author, public historian, and great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells. Attendees will enjoy a 3-course meal and an autographed copy of Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells. Michelle Duster is an author, speaker, public historian, professor, and champion of racial and gender equity. She has written, edited, or contributed to sixteen books, including IDA B THE QUEEN: THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AND LEGACY OF IDA B WE.LLS. Her advocacy has led to street names, monuments, historical markers, and other public history projects that highlight women and African Americans, including Wells. Her many awards include the 2019 Multi-Generational Activist Award from the Illinois Human Rights Commission and the 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award from Dartmouth College. For more information, please visit mldwrites.com. “Ida B. the Queen tells the awe-inspiring story of a pioneering woman who was often overlooked and underestimated—a woman who refused to exit a train car meant for white passengers; a woman brought to light the horrors of lynching in America; a woman who co-founded the NAACP. Written by Wells’s great-granddaughter Michelle Duster, this ‘warm remembrance of a civil rights icon’ (Kirkus Reviews) is a unique visual celebration of Wells’s life, and of the Black experience.”