Recounting Hannibal’s role in BLM movement
The exhibit called
Rise-Up looks at where our region is today in the struggle for equality. Images from Hannibal’s BLM demonstrations and march will line the gallery at the Arts Council to show the power of protest. The exhibit opens February 6.
The
rd Street in Hannibal, right at the start of history downtown. The Freedom Center is a memorial to Jim, the runaway slave featured in Mark Twain’s
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The character Jim is based on a real-life slave named Daniel Quarles. Quarles was owned by Twain’s uncle at his farm in Florida, MO. When Quarles was freed, he lived and died in Hannibal.