Date / Time
- July 3, 2020
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Civil rights activist, journalist, novelist, educator, and short story writer Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935) will form the focus of The Rosenbach’s fall, 2020 online exhibition “I Am an American!”: The Authorship and Activism of Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Join the exhibition’s co-curators Monet Timmons and Jesse Erickson, as well as Rosenbach staff, for a behind-the-scenes sneak peek into the exhibition development process. The curators will discuss the process of interpreting Dunbar-Nelson’s civil rights work during the centenary year of women’s suffrage and the modern resonances of Dunbar-Nelson’s struggles with discrimination during her lifetime. The curators will also discuss the process of assembling the exhibition checklist and working with community advisers to interpret Dunbar-Nelson’s work for today’s audiences. What does the civic legacy of Alice Dunbar-Nelson mean during a consequential election year? What would Alice Dunbar-Nelson make of the power of African Americans in the U.S. electorate today? Join this virtual gallery talk as we explore these and other questions.
Image credit: Portrait of Alice Dunbar-Nelson, ca. 1930. Courtesy of University of Delaware Library, Museums, and Press, Special Collections & Museums.
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Date / Time
- July 3, 2020
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm