Colored Conventions Project

Happy birthday, Mary Ann Shadd Cary! 🎂
Celebrate with📚 by:
• Jane Rhodes: "Shadd Cary: The Black Press & Protest in the 19th Century"

• Nneka Dennie: "Shadd Cary: Essential Writings of a 19 Century Black Radical Feminist" -- Book launch tonight!💥
➡️ https://tinyurl.com/MASCLaunch

More info at: https://digblk.psu.edu/engage/shadd-cary-200/

Dr. Jane Rhodes explains that Mary Ann Shadd Cary’s story is critical in “...understanding all the dynamics of race, gender, activism and inequality, even in our time”.

Watch the full 2021 MARY ANN SHADD CARY IN THE HERE AND NOW Symposium and check out our other past events here:

Mary Ann Shadd Cary in the Here and Now – Black Women’s Organizing Archive Join scholars, historians, archivists, and community members share papers and discuss next steps towards celebrating Shadd Cary’s 200th birthday in 2023.

It’s almost Mary Ann Shadd Cary’s 200th Birthday! 🥳
Celebrate all month long by checking out recordings of all of our past events for great conversations and exciting scholarship!

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