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EVENT

Oct 23

3:00 pm–4:30 pm

ATTEND

Dr. Jennifer Thompson Burns will discuss the antebellum migratory patterns of free Black Americans in the tri-city area of New York State and use this data to explain the benefits this migration had on black community development past and present.

Archives for May 2017

Interview: Bierman and Thompson, Leaders of The League of Women Voters of New York State

May 5, 2017

Interview conducted by Nicholas MacDonald, Humanities New York HNY: How did you each get started with the League of Women Voters? Laura: I joined the League in 1982, when I moved from Washington D.C. to Albany. I was worried about not being as involved in politics, that turned out to not be a concern! Dare: I was pretty apolitical for the first 25 years of my life, but then I accidentally got a job teaching middle school social studies. Having to teach the Constitution really opened my eyes to civic responsibility; after that, I became involved with the League of […]