State Senator James Sanders Jr.
(D-Rochdale Village) will commemorate the 150th
Anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery with a panel discussion from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
on Wednesday,
December 9, 2015.
The event will be
held at
the Black Spectrum Theatre, Roy Wilkins Park, 177th Street and Baisely
Boulevard in Jamaica, New York. Special guests will include Dr. Kellie Carter
Jackson, professor of history at Hunter College, and Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens,
assistant professor of history at Queens College.
The discussion will focus on whether slavery has been abolished completely and how we can fight against modern day slavery.
For more information,
contact Hayden Horsham, Chiedu Uzolgwe or Tajuana Hamm at 718.523.3069
or via email at horsham@nysenate.gov
Source: The Office of Senator James Sanders, Jr.
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