Available from QuakerPress of FGC
Study Guide Available from QuakerPress of FGC
The study guide is designed to help readers explore more deeply the issues discussed in the book Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship
Calendar of Events
Bayard Rustin was a nonviolent activist for social change whose life spanned some three quarters of the twentieth century.
- 06/27/2009 - 07/04/2009Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA
- 06/30/2009Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA
- 07/19/2009 - 07/25/2009Silver Bay Association, Silver Bay, NY
What's New
Authors Donna McDaniel and Vanessa Julye and their book Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship was recently featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Check it out!
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/20090205_Quaker_mythbusters.html
An abridged version of the July 4 1852 oration delivered by Frederick Douglass to the Rochester (NY) Ladies Anti-Slavery Society.
Donna McDaniel’s letter, "A closer look at sea captain Cuffe’s colonial aspirations, Quaker ties," on the March 6, 2008 Boston-Bay State Banner’s editorial page corrected misrepresentations in an article, "Sea Captain Paul Cuffe Makes Waves in Business."
Media Matters
Under the Golden Dome of the Massachusetts State House, Lani Peterson and Susan Lenoe, re-enact a speech given by Quaker sisters Angelina and Sarah Grimké in 1838 before Massachusetts lawmakers.
Eight-volume African American National Biography is scheduled to be released by publisher Oxford University Press on February 4.
This new film tracing one Rhode Island family's predominance in the slave trade drew attention at the Sundance Film Festival. "Represents an intense and searing call for national dialogue." —The Hollywood Reporter
After years of controversy, this museum will open with broad support.
