In a series of sessions framed by the theme of "Why We Must Remember", authors will present about the local topics of King House and AfricaTown (Mobile, Alabama).
Location: J.A. Brown Room, Carmichael Library
Schedule of Events
Time | Event |
9:00 a.m. | Welcome & Reception (with light refreshments) |
9:30 a.m. | Melanie Morrison, the author of Murder on Shades Mountain will present "A King Descendant's Reckoning with Her Slaveholding Ancestors" |
11:00 a.m. | Irene Latham & Charles Waters, authors of African Town, will present "Lessons from the Survivors of the Last Slave Ship and the Founding of African Town" |
12:30 - 1:45 | Tours of King House |
2:00 - 3:15 | Workshop led by Melanie Morrison and Community Respondents |
3:15 | King House reopens for Tour |