Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Middletown’s Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation



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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