Author Talk with David W. Blight, Ph.D — Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom — February 26 at 3 p.m.

Ink Fish Books is proud to be a partner bookstore for this upcoming event with Linden Place and Rogers Free Library.

On Sunday, February 26 at 3 p.m. in the ballroom at Linden Place, a keynote address will be presented by David W. Blight, Ph.D., author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.

Dr. Blight was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in History in 2019 for this work. He is currently Sterling Professor of History, Yale University and the Director of The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition. Dr. Blight’s address will include the importance of Douglass and his relevance today, and will also touch on the crucial roles that libraries, museums, historians and teachers have in presenting full, inclusive, honest and accurate histories.

As Dr. Blight once said: “American history is a deep river. [Current events] remind us that history is never finished and we have to keep crossing over this river, with all the honesty and truth we can muster from the spirituals and the blues, from historical knowledge, and from our greatest storytellers and poets.”

The 3 p.m. talk will be preceded by an author’s reception, including refreshments, inside Linden Place from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Tickets for the Keynote program are $35, $30 for Linden Place members.
Tickets for the author reception and program are $55, $50 for members.

Tickets can be reserved via Eventbrite.
Books will be for sale and signing at the event. Purchase copies, in advance, online here or email the store at info@inkfishbooks.com.