Gallery Walk: “John Brown's Memory in the African American Community” By Dr. Lauranett Lee February 10, 2010

As a major part of the national acknowledgement of the 150th anniversary of John Brown's raid on the Federal Armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, the Virginia Historical Society presents The Portent: John Brown's Raid in American Memory. This exhibition is the first-ever critical analysis by a southern institution of an episode that, on the eve of the Civil War, broke open sectionalist fissures. Brown demanded that his contemporaries take a moral stance on slavery, and to this day a mention of his attack spurs debate about issues of justice, terrorism, liberation, and vigilantism. VHS Curator of African American History, Dr. Lauranett Lee, will explore how Brown's raid and its aftermath have been remembered in the African American community.

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