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Through Our Eyes: African American Stories From Bay Area National Parks | SF

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Monday, January 16, 2017 - 12:30 pm to 3:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free but an RSVP is required

Ferry Boat Eureka | 2905 Hyde St, San Francisco, CA

Event Details

Panel Discussion brings together African American Park Rangers for storytelling and inter generational dialogue.

  • Do you know that countless slaves escaped to freedom through finding work on merchant vessels and sailing on the high seas during the 18th and 19th centuries?
  • Have you heard about John Harris, an African American man from San Francisco, who won a discrimination lawsuit against Sutro Baths in 1898?
  • Are you familiar with the fate of 50 African American dockworkers who refused to return to unsafe working conditions in 1944, after 320 men were killed in a munitions explosion at Port Chicago (Concord, CA)?
  • Are you aware that black inmates fought for civil rights on Alcatraz in the 1950s?

Now is your chance to hear these and other true stories of African American struggles and triumphs connected to Bay Area national parks, as told by a panel of African American park rangers.

Free but an RSVP is required.

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Cost: FREE*
*Free but an RSVP is required
Categories: Lectures & Workshops
Address: 2905 Hyde St, San Francisco, CA