| Sloss Furnaces Black History Month Brown Bag Presentations |
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From Wednesday, February 24 2010 - 12:00pm
To Wednesday, March 17 2010 - 2:00pm
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Wednesday, February 3rd and Wednesday February 17th @ 12pm
African American Labor Music in the Mills and Mines
This presentation will allow you to listen along to original music from the book, The Spirit of Steel. The lecture will include fascinating details about the ballads, songs and instrumentals, that were used in the mines and the mills to help uplift the spirits of the generations who labored to produce the nation's wealth.
Wednesday, February 10th & Wednesday February 24th @ 12pm
African American Women of the Sloss Quarters
The African American Women of the Sloss Quarters presentation will focus on the traditions and customs mothers, wives and daughters of ex-sharecroppers brought with them to the urban industrial landscape of Sloss Furnaces and its company housing. |
Location : Sloss Furnaces Theatre Room
Contact : Karen Utz, Sloss Curator
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or 205.324.1911 |
| Reservations are required.
Please bring lunch.
Cost: Free |
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