Join Erica Armstrong Dunbar, author of Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge, and NEA Big Read Keynote Speaker. Dunbar is a 2017 National Book Award Nonfiction Finalist and winner of the the Frederick Douglass Book Prize and Phillis Wheatley Book Award. Join us for a discussion about her work to uncover the truth and cast a new light on lesser-known figures from the archives of American history.
The long-untold story of Ona Judge, a young woman who escaped slavery and was hunted by George and Martha Washington, is coming to the big screen. Erica Armstrong Dunbar’s book is in the works to be adapted into a feature film.
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Event Co-Sponsors include:
Greensboro Public Library, UNCG Jackson Library, African American and African Diaspora Studies, UNCG's Humanities Network and Consortium, Greensboro Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Greensboro Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity, Inc