☞ LISTEN: Slave Narratives Then & Now at MJM

Saturday, February 2, from 2:00PM-3:00PM Black History Month Lecture: Fugitive Art & Fugitive Testimony: Slave Narratives Then and Now at the Morris-Mansion, 65 Jumel Terrace between 160th and 161st Streets.  In this lecture Professor Janet Neary brings together contemporary “visual slave narratives” and classic slave narratives from the 19th century to examine the way black artists and writers respond to institutional constraints placed on their cultural production. This lecture is sponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. FREE but advanced registration is required. Call 212 923 8008.