Finding Julia: Centering Black Women in Antebellum History

 

Join Rangers from Martin Van Buren National Historic Site to discuss the life of Julia Chinn, a remarkable Black woman who was the enslaved wife of Van Buren's Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson. Her story was suppressed and nearly forgotten until scholar Amrita Chakrabarti Myers embarked on a decade-long search for the truth.

 

You can join the free conversation in person at the Kinderhook Library on Sunday, February 25th at 2pm by emailing e-mail us.

To attend virtually via Zoom, register for free at https://columbiacountylibraries.org/programs/upcoming-programs/