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The Silent March of 1917

It was a summer of attacks across America on people of color. Join historian Eric K. Washington, whose book, Boss of the Grips, has just been awarded a 2020 Herbert H. Lehman Prize for History, and Greg Young of the Bowery Boys, for a discussion about the Silent March of 1917. Approximately 10,000 African Americans marched down Fifth Avenue to the beat of muffled drums, without saying a word, in protest. Here’s your chance, in our turbulent times, to learn about the roots of civil resistance on the streets of New York City just over a century ago.











When: Wed., Aug. 19, 2020 at 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Where: Green-Wood Cemetery
500 25th St., Brooklyn
718-210-3080
Price: $5/Free for members
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It was a summer of attacks across America on people of color. Join historian Eric K. Washington, whose book, Boss of the Grips, has just been awarded a 2020 Herbert H. Lehman Prize for History, and Greg Young of the Bowery Boys, for a discussion about the Silent March of 1917. Approximately 10,000 African Americans marched down Fifth Avenue to the beat of muffled drums, without saying a word, in protest. Here’s your chance, in our turbulent times, to learn about the roots of civil resistance on the streets of New York City just over a century ago.

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