The Hutchinson Emancipation Day organization will present a series of workshops and panel discussions at Memorial Hall on Monday, Feb. 17, from 2 to 8 p.m.
The program “What’s Emancipation Got to do With It” is part of Black History Month observances.
Noted Hutchinson historian Natasha Russell said in a press release, “This program ambitiously sets out to begin to answer this proposition from the multiple lenses of local, state, national, and even international historical perspectives. Many questions are begged, and many answers resound.”
Topics will include the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, the Nicodemus Historical Society and the Kansas Black Farmers Association, with presentations centered on the annual Emancipation Day celebration in August.
The presentation schedule is:
- 2:00 Natasha Russell — Intro and Hutch Emancipation History with Theo Bias providing opening music
- 3:00 Phil Dixon — Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
- 4:00 Angela Bates — Nicodemus Historical Society
- 5:00 JohnElla Holms — Kansas Black Farmers Association
- 6:00 Dinner Break — Soup Dinner Catered by Iverson Smokehouse with Musical Accompaniment by Margo Kimble
- 7:00 Tie it together and Wrap it up — Panel Discussion and Q&A with speakers
The event is free and open to the public. It will also be livestreamed on Google Meet.
For more information, visit the Hutchinson Emancipation Day Facebook page.
