Lecturer(s)
Carol Lasser
Director, Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society; Emerita Professor of History, Oberlin College
Location
Date
Friday February 02
Time
1:00PM to 2:30PM ET
Born a free man of color in North Carolina in 1824, Wilson Bruce Evans moved with kin and neighbors to Oberlin, Ohio, in 1854, where he immediately immersed himself in the town’s vibrant antislavery politics. Soon after his release from jail for his participation in the 1858 Oberlin Wellington Rescue, Evans mourned the deaths of his brother-in-law and nephew, martyred in John Brown’s failed uprising. This lecture, celebrating Black History Month, brings to life an abolitionist hero, and follows his story into subsequent generations who carried on the struggle for racial justice.
Member of Lifelong Learning Cost
Members receive $5 discount
Nonmember Cost
$10