Writers LIVE! Kerri Greenidge, "The Grimkes"

400 Cathedral Street,Baltimore MD 21201

15 November, 2022

Description

Historian Kerri Greenidge will discuss her counternarrative of the lives of white abolitionists Sarah and Angela Grimke. The sisters garnered acclaim for their antislavery writings in the 19th century despite the fact that their Black relatives remained obscured. Ms. Greenidge focuses on the Black Grimkes, their struggles for racial equality, and their familial relations. Kerri Greenidge will be joined in conversation by Howard University history professor and department chair Nikki Taylor. Kerri Greenidge is a history professor at Tufts University. She is the author of Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter. Nikki Taylor is a history professor and the department chair at Howard University. She specializes in 19th century African American history. Free parking vouchers are available to program attendees who park at the Franklin Street Garage (15 W. Franklin Street) after 4pm. Ask Pratt event staff for your parking voucher prior to or after the program. ASL interpretation will be available for attendees.Writers LIVE! programs are supported in part by a bequest from The Miss Howard Hubbard Adult Programming Fund and the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, creator of the Baker Artist Portfolios, www.BakerArtist.org.