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The Department of Transnational Italian Studies is delighted to announce a field trip to The African American Museum in Philadelphia, for a guided tour of its current exhibitions titled "Audacious Freedom: African Americans in Philadelphia 1776–1876."

The visit is organized within Professor Luca Zipoli's course “Philadelphia the Global City: The Italian Legacy across Time” (ITAL B240) and is open also to students not enrolled in the class via RSVP. The guided tour will be followed by a lunch.

Start time and location: 12:00 pm at the African American Museum (701 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106).

Itinerary: take the PAO #9534 train that departs from 51����Ƶ at 11:03am and that arrives at Jefferson Station at 11:35am. On the way back take the PAO #8539 train that departs from Jefferson Station at 2pm and that arrives at 51����Ƶ at 2:31pm.

Abstract: "Audacious Freedom: African Americans in Philadelphia 1776-1876," recounts the stories of and contributions made by people of African descent in Philadelphia during the tumultuous years following the founding of our nation. Through this guided tour of the exhibit students will learn who the people were, how they lived and worked, and their unheralded impact on the United States. Among the highlights of the exhibition there is a narrated, interactive timeline that spans 100 years of history highlighting a sequence of images and documents, all drawn from the historical record, that illuminate and explore topics of relevance including entrepreneurship, environment, education, religion, and family traditions. The exhibit also features ten full-size video projections of trailblazers from 18th Century Philadelphia including heroes such as Octavius Catto, Richard Allen and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. The individual trailblazers answer questions about their lives during the time period.

Please contact lzipoli@brynmawr.edu for RSVP and more information.The event is co-sponsored by the Tri-Co Philly Program.

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