RUSSELL LIBRARY
PRESENTS
Middletown’s Celebration of the 150th
Anniversary of the
Emancipation Proclamation
Thursday,
January 10, 2012, 6:00 pm
Russell Library,
123 Broad Street, Middletown, CT
Moderated by
Anita Ford Saunders
with
presentations of
The Star-Spangled Banner
Middletown High
School Chamber Choir Singers
Watch Night
Kate Rushin,
Writer and Educator
A Civil War Christmas
Oddfellows
Playhouse Youth Theater
and selections
by
Shiloh Baptist
Missionary Church Male Chorus
The Emancipation Proclamation: Political Ploy or
Courageous Gamble
Middletown High
School Debate Club
Judges: Patricia Charles, Superintendent of Schools
Honorable Daniel T. Drew, Mayor of Middletown
Audience
Discussion
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Filming by
Corporate Media Services, Middlesex Community College
Co-Sponsors
Friends of the
Russell Library
Middletown Human
Relations Commission
Other Exhibits
Middlesex County
Historical Society
The Abolitionist
Movement and Underground Railroad in Middletown
Olin Library,
Wesleyan University
Original
materials on Lincoln, Slavery, Abolitionism, and Colonization
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