Thank you for joining me for you for joining us for todays program with Alaina Roberts. We inspired teaching teaching learning indyk mentees. Very founded in 1887 dedicated to our collective understanding of ourselves in the worldiv arod us. We connect researchers and visitors with their collections exhibition gallery programs classrooms and on line additional resources. We opened our doors to readers and visitors and you can visit our web site toward making appointment to do research or stop by the libraryo without an appointment to visit our exposition hall. A rosenberg workshop is open wednesdays and saturdays. You can visit the web site to learn about our current exhibitions and Public Programs series called the age of revolution across the americas and the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The exhibition will open july july 24. Its one example of the Newbury Librarys commitment to Public Engagement and intellectual engagement. Scholars students and the public coming together to
For some Black people in the 19th and 20th centuries, "passing" meant living part or all of your life as non-Black. Recent creative works Lovecraft Country, Passing, and The Vanishing Half have brought the idea of passing back to the forefront. This month on Stateside, we discuss the life of a Detroiter who passed as white in the '40s and return to historical, pop culture references to passing in America.