VMHC to spotlight civil rights hero Curtis Harris and Great Dismal Swamp
Free Press staff report | 2/2/2023, 6 p.m.
The Virginia Museum of History and Culture will feature the following films at part of its Black History Month programming:
Feb. 2 at 6 p.m. – “The Hero from Hopewell: The Rev. Curtis W. Harris and the Civil Rights Movement.” Just three months before Curtis Harris was born, the Virginia State Legislature passed the Racial Integrity Act, which banned interracial marriage down to “a single drop” of African blood. His inspirational story follows him from Dendron to Hopewell and then to the forefront of America’s civil rights battles, arm in arm with the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This lecture will be a virtual event. The lecture will be recorded and streamed on YouTube and Facebook.
Feb. 16 at noon – “ Dismal Freedom.”
Join Brent Morris for a lecture examining the lives of the maroons living in the Great Dismal Swamp and their struggles for liberation. Tickets are required for in-person admission. Tickets are not needed if you would prefer to view the lecture live on YouTube or Facebook. In-person attendees are invited to meet the author at the book signing immediately following the lecture.
