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Free Your Mind Juneteenth Lecture Series with Michael Twitty

June 15, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Basic Info

Date:
June 15, 2023
Time:
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Event Website / RSVP:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-talk-michael-w-twitty-tickets-639363873557

Who's Hosting This Event?

George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center
Who We Are:

Through the preservation and exhibition of African American material culture, history, and aesthetic expression, the Carver Museum works to create a space where the global contributions of all Black people are celebrated.

Website:
http://www.austintexas.gov/carvermuseum
Michael Twitty
Event Category:

Other

Event Topics
Food, Equality/Justice
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This year the Carver Museum is teaming up with the City of Austin Equity Office to present a week of dynamic conversations with thought leaders and public scholars as part of the Free Your Mind Juneteenth Lecture Series!

Calling all chefs, food-heads, and historians! Join us on Thursday, June 15, for culinary food historian James Beard, Book Award recipient and author of The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African-American History in the Old South, Michael W. Twitty.

SCHEDULE:
5:30pm- 6:00pm- Doors open/ guests arrive. Parking is available on site.
6:00pm-7:30pm- Michael will present a lecture on African-American foodways and contemporary abolitionist movements followed by a Q&A facilitated by University of Texas Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, Dr. Ashante Reese, followed by a reception ending at 8:00 pm.

Thursday, June 15 6-8pm
Carver Museum and Genealogy Center
1165 Angelina Street, Austin TX 78702