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Thursday, January 21, 2021, 6:00pm
via Zoom
"The Episcopal Black Atlantic: Alexander Crummell and
James Theodore Holly" with Prof. Nicholas Birns
The Atlantic Ocean in the nineteenth century encompassed slavery and freedom, Britain and America, whiteness and blackness. It also saw the founding of two modern black countries: Haiti and Liberia. This lecture will explore the role that two African American priests of the Episcopal Church, Alexander Crummell and James Theodore Holly, played in evangelizing and connecting the Black Atlantic.”Nicholas Birns teaches literature at NYU and is a parishioner of Grace Church in Manhattan.
