New London Maritime Society
African American Connecticut Explored
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Contact: Susan Tamulevich
nlmaritimedirector@gmail.com
860-447-2501
January 7, 2014
African American Connecticut Explored
Book Talk and Signing
at the Custom House Maritime Museum - February 9, 2014
 New London, CT -- New London Maritime Society (NLMS) announces that essayist Elisabeth Petry and editor Elizabeth Normen will present a book talk and signing for African American Connecticut Explored, a new book published by Wesleyan University
Press. The book tells the long arc of the African-American experience
in Connecticut, from the Colonial period to the 20th century. The
program takes place at the Custom House Maritime Museum, 150 Bank Street, New London, on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 2 PM . Admission is $15, $10 for NLMS members & students with valid ID. The Custom House Maritime Museum audience size is limited. Reservations are necessary. Call 860-447-2501 .Essayest Liz Petry will talk about best-selling novelist Ann Petry and The Narrows, her story set in a mythic mid-20th century town modeled in part after New London. Ann Petry (1908-1997) of Old Saybrook, CT, was an American author who became the first black woman writer with book sales topping a million copies for her novel The Street. Other contributors to African American Connecticut Explored
include Billie M. Anthony, Christopher Baker, Whitney Bayers, Barbara
Beeching, Andra Chantim, Stacey K. Close, Jessica Colebrook,
Christopher Collier, Hildegard Cummings, Barbara Donahue, Mary M.
Donohue, Nancy Finlay, Jessica A. Gresko, Katherine J. Harris, Charles
(Ben) Hawley, Peter Hinks, Graham Russell Gao Hodges, Eileen Hurst,
Dawn Byron Hutchins, Carolyn B. Ivanoff, Joan Jacobs, Mark H. Jones,
Joel Lang, Melonae' McLean, Wm. Frank Mitchell, Hilary Moss, Cora
Murray, Elizabeth J. Normen, Cynthia Reik, Ann Y. Smith, John Wood
Sweet, Charles A. Teale Sr., Barbara M. Tucker, Tamara Verrett, Liz
Warner, David O. White, and Yohuru Williams. Connecticut Explored is
the state's magazine of Connecticut history published in collaboration
with more than 25 heritage, arts and educational organizations across
the state. Copies of African American Connecticut Explored will be available for purchase at the event.
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Founded in 1983, New London Maritime Society protects and preserves the maritime history of New London and its surrounding waters. In
1839, New London and its U.S. Custom House, now the Custom House
Maritime Museum, played a small but significant role in the abolition of
slavery in the United States--in particular, in the story of the Amistad.
The Custom House Maritime Museum - open year-round - telling the stories of New London's waterfront!
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The Custom House Maritime Museum is always FREE for current members
and children 14 and under (with adult). A $5 donation is asked for all others.
January through March, we're open Thursday through Sunday, from 1-5 PM, & by appointment
call: 860-447-2501, email: nlmaritimedirector@gmail.com
April
through December, we're open Tuesday through Sunday (closed Monday),
from 1-5 PM, & by appointment - call: 860-447-2501, email:
nlmaritimedirector@gmail.com
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New London Maritime Society
Custom House Maritime Museum
150 Bank Street
New London, Connecticut 06320
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