Civil Rights & Civil Disobedience w/The Thoreau Society

Library : Leominster Public Library

Location : Community Room 1st Floor Leominster Public Library, 30 West Street , LEOMINSTER, MA, 01453

Start : Tuesday 25th of June 2024 6:30 PM

End : Tuesday 25th of June 2024 7:30 PM

Description :

Join us for a thought-provoking exploration of Thoreau’s participation in the Underground Railroad, his abolitionist views, his night in jail, and how his writings have historically inspired civil rights movements around the world. This talk will be given by a member of the Thoreau Society Speakers’ Bureau and is funded by grants from Mass Humanities and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. The discussion is free and open to the public. No registration required. leominsterlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/civil-rights-civil-disobedience-w-the-thoreau-society/