Upcoming Events 2020
Wednesday, February 26
Time: 9am-10am
Book Talk and Signing
Charlene Butts Ligon discusses her book about her mother, Fearless: How a Poor Virginia Seamstress Took on Jim Crow, Beat the Poll Tax, and Changed Her City Forever, which tells the story of Evelyn T. Butts, a poor seamstress who became a forceful and courageous voting rights champion and won a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that abolished the poll tax.
Location:
Embassy Suites – Historical District
337 Meeting St
Charleston, South Carolina
Tuesday, March 17
Time: 6pm-7pm
Lecture
Join Charlene Butts Ligon as she discusses her book about her mother, Fearless: How a Poor Virginia Seamstress Took on Jim Crow, Beat the Poll Tax, and Changed Her City Forever, which tells the story of Evelyn T. Butts, a poor seamstress who became a forceful and courageous voting rights champion and won a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that abolished the poll tax.
Location:
Virginia Museum of History & Culture
428 N Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia
Robins Family Forum
Part of the Banner Lecture Series category.