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An Evening with Candacy Taylor
2023-02-20 18:00:00 2023-02-20 19:00:00 America/New_York An Evening with Candacy Taylor Join us as we welcome award-winning author, photographer, and cultural documentarian Candacy Taylor to South Bend! Main Library - Community Learning Center - Auditorium Lobby, Leighton Auditorium, Ballroom (A+B Combined)

Monday, February 20
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-02-20 18:00:00 2023-02-20 19:00:00 America/New_York An Evening with Candacy Taylor Join us as we welcome award-winning author, photographer, and cultural documentarian Candacy Taylor to South Bend! Main Library - Community Learning Center - Auditorium Lobby, Leighton Auditorium, Ballroom (A+B Combined)

Main Library - Community Learning Center

Auditorium Lobby, Leighton Auditorium, Ballroom (A+B Combined)

Join us as we welcome award-winning author, photographer, and cultural documentarian Candacy Taylor to South Bend!

Candacy Taylor is an award-winning author, photographer, and cultural documentarian. She is the author of "Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America." She is also the curator and content specialist for a three-year touring exhibition by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.

Since Taylor began researching the Green Book in 2013, she has cataloged over 10,000 Green Book listings, scouted over 6,000 Green Book Sites in 48 states, and photographed over 200 Green Book properties. Taylor's work has been commissioned and funded by The Library of Congress, National Geographic, The American Council of Learned Societies, The National Endowment for the Humanities, The National Park Service, and The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. 

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | History & Genealogy | Books & Authors |

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