19th Bench by the Road
Please join us on Sunday, April 24th, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Cozad-Bates House located on 11508 Mayfield Road, Cleveland, OH 44106, as The Toni Morrison Society’s Bench by the Road project dedicates its 19th bench in the University Circle community of Cleveland, Ohio. This bench will be placed in memory of Cleveland’s African-American and White abolitionist communities and also in honor of the many heroes who journeyed north to freedom along the Underground Railroad. Horace Ford and Samuel Cozad, two successful businessmen and property owners who lived in Doan’s Corners, now known as University Circle, provided aid to many of these individuals and families, as did the African-American abolitionist and ship captain John Malvin, who frequently traversed this route along Euclid Avenue. Malvin also hid runaways on his ship while sailing Lake Erie’s waters to either Canada or Buffalo. Among those who will be featured at this gala event will be The Cleveland Public Theatre, Robin Lynn Pease & Kulture Kids, The Hue People, Djapo Cultural Arts Institute, Ruth Pangrace, Kalim Hill, Kevin Cronin, remarks by Joan Southgate, Hon. Joe Cimperman, and Chris Ronayne.
upcoming
>>July 21-24
Seventh Biennial Conference
Roosevelt Hotel
New York, New York
[For more information and registration, click here]
>>July 24
20th Bench Placement
Schomburg Center for Black Culture
New York, New York
[More Details to Follow]
of interest
[NEW] The BBC Releases Toni Morrison Documentary:
Toni Morrison Remembers
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'I Regret Everything': Toni Morrison Looks Back On Her Personal Life
[Listen]
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