Events
Frederick Douglass Day 2020
Saturday, September 26, 2020, the virtual event was on the website and on the Frederick Douglass Day Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/FrederickDouglassDay
Welcome Ceremony – 10:30am
A Tribute to Eric Lowery
Our Welcome Ceremony features Emcee Harriette Lowery,
Invocation by Reverend Dr. William T. Wallace,
Music by Terron Quailes, students from Easton High, Middle School and St. Michaels High School, and the U.S. Navy Band
Reading by William Peak
Self-Made Men Speech delivered by Terron Quailes
Comments by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan
Talbot County Council President Corey Pack
Mayor Robert Willey
Talbot County Free Library Director Dana Newman
Superintendent of Talbot County Public Schools Dr. Kelly Griffith
Children’s Village – 11am
Families were welcomed to the online Children’s Village. Offering a variety of learning and challenging experiences, fun activities, prizes and giveaways. Virtual guests found free downloadable coloring books, a map game with prizes (Zoom backgrounds and memes), and a Frederick Douglass story ready by St. Michaels Library Branch Manager Shauna Beulah.
Frederick Douglass Portrait Unveiling – 11 am
Unveiling of Frederick Douglass portrait by award-winning professional portrait & landscape artist Laura Era, owner of the prestigious Troika Gallery in Easton, MD
Around the World with Frederick Douglass – 11:30
Brings together scholars, curators, authors, and top leaders including Dr David Blight, Celeste-Marie Bernier, Kenneth B. Morris Jr, Dr Sarah Meer, Dr Fionnghuala Sweeney, Dr Spencer Crew, Fred Morsell, David Anderson, Lee Blake, Richard Tilghman, Carlene Phoenix, Pete Lesher and others. This 90 minute film connects Talbot County with Scotland, Ireland, England, New York, Washington, D.C., and many other places as speakers share the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass.
Picturing Frederick Douglass with Professor John Stauffer – 1 pm
Frederick Douglass Lecture by Professor John Stauffer, a leading authority on antislavery, the Civil War, social protest movements, and photography.
Q & A with Professor John Stauffer and Keidrick Roy
Recorded from the Frederick Douglass Day Facebook page
