Burke Historical Society Presents: What’s in a Name? Bethia Fairfax & Sarah Ambrose, Free Women of Color in 19th Century Fairfax County, Virginia
Burke Historical Society Lecture Series.
Shemika Curvey, a Graduate Research Assistant at the Center for Mason Legacies (CML) at George Mason University, will present an account of two free women of color, situated within the constraints of a slave society, who strategically deployed naming as a discursive practice of resistance, place-making, and collective world-building.
Adults and teens welcome.
Related LibGuide: Fairfax County History by Fairfax County Public Library (Admin)
- Date:
- Sunday, June 22, 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 4:30pm
- Location:
- Pohick Meeting Room 1, Pohick Meeting Room 2
- Library Branch:
- Pohick Regional Library
- Categories:
- History/Culture Presentation/Performance
- Audience:
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