The Sheridan Libraries & University Museums is pleased to be part of the sixth annual Donald V. Bentley Memorial Lecture, an evening of art and history celebrating the 200th anniversary of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s birth, presented by the Krieger School's Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts (BHCLA).

The evening will open with an address by Hopkins history professor Dr. Martha S. Jones, who has evoked Harper in all of her published works. The audience will hear African American spirituals performed by Baltimore’s Jonathan Pettus Chorale, which includes many alumni of the celebrated Morgan State University Choir.

With a backdrop of music by Peabody Institute cellists, a post-address reception will feature food, drinks, and a pop-up exhibit designed by Dr. Raynetta Wiggins-Jackson, lead curator of Curating and Archiving Black Baltimore, a cross-divisional collaboration between the BHCLA, Sheridan Libraries Special Collections, and Peabody Jazz.

Free. Learn more and register on the Baltimore Museum of Art website.