Book Talk featuring Dr. Rebecca Tuuri author of "Strategic Sisterhood: The National Council of Negro Women in the Black Freedom Struggle"
In celebration of the 144th Anniversary of the Birth of Mary McLeod Bethune, the National Park Serivce and the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site are offering a book talk, featuring Dr. Rebecca Tuuri, Associate Professor of History in the School of Humanities at the University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Tuuri will discuss her recent book "Strategic Sisterhood: The National Council of Negro Women in the Black Freedom Struggle," which higlight's the National Council of Negro Women's (founded by Bethune in 1935) behind-the-scenes efforts to fight racism, poverty, and sexism in the late tentieth century. Books will be available for purchase in site bookstore.
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This event is free to attend.
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Latitude and Longitude 38.908130, -77.030800
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John Fowler
202-426-5961
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