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Special Event
Event
Black History Month Program – Dr. Fay Yarbrough, Rice University Department of History
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Fee:
Free.Dates & Times
Date:
Sunday, February 28, 2021
Time:
2:00 PM
Duration:
1 hour
Type of Event
Talk
Virtual/Digital
Description
Black History Month Program – Dr. Fay Yarbrough, Rice University
Dr. Fay Yarbrough, historian at Rice University, will present a virtual program entitled “Uncertain Freedom: Choctaw Freedpeople in Indian Territory in the Aftermath of the Civil War.” Dr. Yarbrough’s program will explore the history of African-Americans held in bondage by the Choctaw Indians, a Native American tribe in Oklahoma. These Freedpeople gained their freedom following the Civil War.
The program will take place on YouTubeLive and be shared on Facebook on Sunday, February 28, at 2:00 p.m. Our Facebook page can be located by visiting https://www.facebook.com/HomesteadNHP.