On Tuesday, February 17, innovative dance artist, director and activist Bill T. Jones continues his Breaking Ground series at Harlem Stage with a panel/community conversation about Harlem and Abraham Lincoln. Jones is working on a new piece, Fondly Do We Hope...Fervently Do We Pray, inspired by the life and legacy of Lincoln. The Harlem Stage event will include a reading of select documents from the era.
The evening begins at 7:30pm, and panelists include Barnet Schecter, historian and author of The Devil's Own Work: The Civil War Draft Riots and the Fight to Reconstruct America; and Michele Mitchell, Associate Professor of History at New York University and author of Righteous Propagation: African Americans & the Politics of Racial Destiny After Reconstruction.
Admission is $15. For ticketing, directions and other information, visit the Harlem Stage Web site.
Harlem Stage Gatehouse
West 135th StreetConvent Avenue
The evening begins at 7:30pm, and panelists include Barnet Schecter, historian and author of The Devil's Own Work: The Civil War Draft Riots and the Fight to Reconstruct America; and Michele Mitchell, Associate Professor of History at New York University and author of Righteous Propagation: African Americans & the Politics of Racial Destiny After Reconstruction.
Admission is $15. For ticketing, directions and other information, visit the Harlem Stage Web site.
Harlem Stage Gatehouse
West 135th Street
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