“Celebration of the African-American
Experience in the Maritime World.” Readings of this year's winning entries of the
Reid MacCluggage Black History Award:“Black Hands – Blue Sea” written by Kelly Spellman
“Black Waves with White Caps” written by Kristen Cody
“The Life and Times of William Webb”
Kevin Johnson as “William Webb: An African-AmericanCivil War Soldier from Connecticut” An extensively researched presentation on the life of this Hartford native, recruited in 1863 to serve in the Twenty-Ninth (Colored) Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry.
Saturday at the Custom House Maritime Museum
“Documenting The Venture Smith Project”“The Story of a Struggle for DemocracyLinking Africa with New England, Science withHistory, and the Past with the Present”A presentation by Chandler Saint of The Beecher HouseCenter for the Study of Equal Rights“The Abolitionists” – a little Jazz to round out the evening
