Please join us on zoom tonight at 7 on zoom! WHAT: Ray Shepard's talk on "How do we talk about race in a time of critical race theory pushback?" And time for discussion.
WHEN: Tonight at 7:00 p.m. HOW : Zoom: to find link go to fplincoln.org/calendar. Click on date and 7:00 talk. HOST: First Parish in Lincoln Racial Justice. Please join us! *Ray Anthony Shepard* –educator, writer and FPL member-- will speak on *“How do we talk about race in a time of Critical Race Theory pushback?” * Following his talk, Ray has generously agreed to participate in a wide-ranging discussion of his work as historian and interpreter of African American experiences in his award-winning 2017 *Now or Never! 54th Massachusetts Infantry’s War to End Slavery* and his 2021 poetic retelling for young readers of the story of a woman enslaved by the Washington family in *Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge*. “I write,” Ray explains on his web page, “for readers who understand the universal need for fairness” and “to tell a fuller story of our country’s history.” The session will also provide room for reflection on --themes related to Ray’s work, as they appear in the film *Harriet* and in -- books included in our Suggested Reading syllabus: Erica Armstrong Dunbar’s *Never Caught: The Washington’s’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave Ona Judge.* To find the link to this zoom meeting, go to fplincoln.org/calendar and click on October 21 and Ray’s talk.
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