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Color Between the Lines
19th Century Brooklyn. Its waterfront is a busy and vibrant port vital to domestic and international trade; its warehouses filled with sugar, molasses, and tobacco. Brooklyn is built on the business of slavery.
Brooklynites, black and white, who went about living their lives with dignity and perseverance, who signed the petitions, raise the money, opened the schools, started the businesses and came together to change the direction of a nation. We sing their stories.
COLOR BETWEEN THE LINES is an original work devised by the Irondale ensemble and developed as part of the borough’s first public history project to explore the abolitionist movement in Brooklyn. The whole project, also known as IN PURSUIT OF FREEDOM, will bring to life this fascinating abolition story while teasing out the relevance of the subject for contemporary audiences. The project draws on the resources and capacities of two other leading Brooklyn cultural organizations, Brooklyn Historical Society and Weeksville Heritage Center.
May 22 – After the Performance – Talkback with Gunja SenGupta
Gunja SenGupta is Professor of History at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and director of Macaulay Honors College at Brooklyn College. Her articles have appeared in journals like the American Historical Review, the Journal of Negro (now African American) History, and Civil War History. Her most recent book is titled From Slavery to Poverty: The Racial Origins of Welfare in New York, 1840-1918. In Pursuit of Freedom Package! On May 19, Irondale and Brooklyn Historical Society are teaming up for a great day. We are offering the chance for an afternoon behind the scenes tour of the Brooklyn Historical Society AND an evening performance of Irondale's Color Between the Lines. We only have room for 20 people so buy your ticket now.
Details:
3:00 p.m. Behind the Scenes tour of Brooklyn Historical Society, with Jacob Nadal, Director of the Library and Archives. Jake will show off some of the extraordinary letters, maps, and 19th century newspapers from the BHS collections that have informed our knowledge of Brooklyn's Abolitionist past.
8:00 p.m. Performance of Color Between the Lines followed by a discussion with the director.
Ticket price: $40 includes tour and show! Buy Now
Color Between the Lines
April 26 - May 24
Tuesdays (7PM) and Previews - ONLY $10!
Wednesday - Saturday (8PM) - $35
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In Pursuit of Freedom, a collaboration between Brooklyn Historical Society, Irondale Ensemble Project and Weeksville Heritage Center, is the first public history project to explore abolition and the anti-slavery movement in Brooklyn. For more information go to www.pursuitoffreedom.org.
In Pursuit of Freedom is funded by the U.S. Department of Education Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural (URR) Program; Mayor Michael Bloomberg; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; the New York City Economic Development Corporation; the National Endowment for the Humanities; and the Nathan Cummings Foundation, with additional funds provided by The Bay and Paul Foundations, New York Community Trust, and Verizon Foundation.
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