NATIONAL LECTURE SERIES
‘THE BIRTH OF A NATION: SLAVERY, RESISTANCE & ABOLITION’
RUNS AUGUST 21-OCTOBER 30, 2016
Community-Building Free Public Series, Tied to Award-Winning Film, is Presented in Conjunction with the American Library Association and the United Nations Remember Slavery Programme,
Fox Searchlight Pictures and BazanED
“The Birth of a Nation: Slavery, Resistance & Abolition.” The lecture series, inspired by actor and director Nate Parker’s acclaimed film The Birth of a Nation, will run Au-gust 21 through October 30, 2016, commemorating the
duration of the history-changing slave rebellion launched
by the film’s subject, Nat Turner, on August 21, 1831, through his capture on October 30, 1831. The lecture series is in observance of the 185th anniversary of Turner’s rebel-lion, as well as The United Nations’ International Day for the Remembrance of The Slave Trade and its Abolition,
observed annually on August 23.
“The Birth of a Nation: Slavery, Resistance & Abolition” lecture series will take place in libraries, museums,
institutions of higher education, and community centers around the nation. Each free public event will feature a local educator or historian addressing the topic of slavery,
resistance and abolition, and will provide an opportunity for individual communities to engage in a timely and
coordinated national discussion .
This event has passed.