Panel Discussion. Allensworth: California’s African-American Town. March 15, 2009

Allensworth is the historic agricultural community founded in 1908 by Colonel Allen Allensworth, who was born into slavery, escaped to freedom, and rose to become a high-ranking officer and chaplain in the Union Army. Hear the inspirational story of the town’s founding and its preservation, restoration, and revival as a State Historic Park. The panel includes historians Susan Anderson and Guy Washington and the authors of the new book Allensworth, the Freedom Colony—Alice C. Royal, who was born in Allensworth in 1923; Mickey Ellinger; and Scott Braley.

Upcoming exhibition:
The African Presence in Mexico: From Yanga to the Present, opens May 9, 2009.

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