Essex County - Newark - "Agitate! The Legacy of Frederick Douglass and Abolition in Newark"
Wednesday, April 17 – Essex County At 2:30 pm: "Agitate! The Legacy of Frederick Douglass and Abolition in Newark," for the renaming of the Rutgers Alumni Field to the Frederick Douglass Field located at Warren Street and University Avenue. This event is open to the public, but we are asked to RSVP using this link: http://bit.ly/FDAgitate 170 years ago, famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass visited the African American community in Newark to fundraise for The North Star newspaper and to rally action around the abolition of slavery. He gave a speech at the Plane Street Colored Church, located at the site which is now Rutgers-Newark’s Frederick Douglass Field. Join the Rutgers-Newark community and descendants of Douglass and other prominent 19th century African Americans in commemorating Newark's historic abolitionist community in words and...