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SUMMARY:Inspiring Stowe
DESCRIPTION:We look forward to inspiring you with the life and work of Harriet Beecher Stowe\, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852)\, a complex and controversial novel that galvanized the anti-slavery movement. Our tours address the history of enslavement and racism in a conversational format and invite and encourage visitors to make connections between inequities then and now.
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/inspiring-stowe-60-minute-tour-122/2025-11-20/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Inspiring Stowe
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SUMMARY:Stowe Prize Series: The Phillips Manuscript and "James: A Novel"
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public\n77 Forest St\, Hartford | Zoom\n6:00 – 7:30 PM EST\, Presentation and audience Q&A\nRiverbend Bookshop: Get a 10% discount our Stowe Prize books! Mention us at check-out or use STOWEFORCHANGE for online purchases.\nWith gratitude to our funders for their support\n\n\nRegister to Attend in Person\nRegister to Attend Virtually\n\nGodfrey L. Simmons Jr.\, Artistic Director of the HartBeat Ensemble\, will stage a dramatic reading of selections of the Phillips Manuscript. Cat White\, Director of Historic Collections at the Stowe Center\, will introduce the project and provide context for each passage. Dr. Camesha Scruggs\, professor at Central Connecticut State University\, will then facilitate a conversation about the manuscript and our Stowe Prize winning novel\, Percival Everett’s James.  \n \nThe Stowe Prize Series continues with a powerful exploration of history\, storytelling\, and the enduring struggle for freedom. \nThis year\, we bring into conversation two remarkable works: the recently discovered Phillips Manuscript\, which documents the extraordinary life of Dr. William H. Phillips\, and Percival Everett’s award-winning novel James. The Phillips Manuscript will be on display at each gathering. \nBorn enslaved in Virginia in 1841\, Dr. Phillips went on to become a nationally respected minister at Shiloh Baptist Church in Philadelphia. His life touches on pivotal events of 19th-century America and illuminates the resilience\, courage\, and intellect of Black Americans before and after emancipation. His story resonates with the themes of Everett’s James\, which reframes the story of Huck Finn through the eyes of Jim. \nTogether\, these works invite us to reflect on the essential question:What is the role of storytelling and narrative in our understanding of history and our current culture?
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/stowe-prize-series-the-phillips-manuscript-and-james-a-novel/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stowe Prize Series
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SUMMARY:Spirits at Stowe
DESCRIPTION:Spirits at Stowe considers spiritualism as a tool of resistance among radicals and reformers of the 19th century. \nThrough contact with spirits\, radical women claimed authority to speak the unspeakable\, especially the right to full control and autonomy over their own bodies and families. Throughout the tour\, we will delve into the historic\, social\, and political context of the 19th century and explore the role of spiritualism in the lives of reformers\, suffragists\, and Black activists\, including Harriet Jacobs\, Frederick Douglass\, and Harriet Wilson. \nDuring the tour\, the house is “set” to reflect a Spiritualist setting. It takes place later in the evening and is by (electric) candlelight. Participants on the tour will observe and engage with materials and primary sources related to spiritualism\, including a planchette\, spiritualist newspapers\, seance accounts\, and letter excerpts from leading 19th century activists. \nSpirits at Stowe deals with themes such as violence\, sexuality\, and reproductive rights.It is not recommended for children under 13.  \n  \nWhat is spiritualism?  \nBroadly speaking\, spiritualism is the belief that an individual’s awareness persists after death and can be contacted by the living. During Spirits at Stowe\, we discuss the histories of multiple spiritualist traditions in U.S. history\, and how these beliefs helped inspire\, nourish\, and connect politically radical individuals and communities – paying special attention to abolitionism\, women’s rights\, labor rights\, and the intersection among them. \n 
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/spirits-at-stowe-10/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spirits at Stowe
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SUMMARY:2025 Stowe Prize Registration & Sponsorship
DESCRIPTION:WEDNESDAY\, SEPTEMBER 17\nSTOWE PRIZE CELEBRATION The Mark Twain House & Museum and Immanuel Congregational Church\nThe Stowe Center for Literary Activism is delighted to announce Professor Percival Everett as the 2025 Stowe Prize for Literary Activism winner for his book James: A Novel (Doubleday\, 2024). \nEvent Schedule 5:00 – 6:00 pm Sponsor Reception with Professor Percival Everett | Hal Holbrook Hall\, The Mark Twain House & Museum 5:30 – 6:30 pm Free Social Justice Fair | Fellowship Hall\, Immanuel Congregational Church 6:30 – 8:00 pm Free Public Program | The Sanctuary\, Immanuel Congregational Church \n  \nThe public program celebrating James: A Novel by Percival Everett on September 17\, 2025 will be livestreamed through the Stowe Center’s Facebook page and Instagram page as well as Immanuel Congregational Church’s YouTube channel from 6:30-8:00 PM EST.Busy that night? A recording will be made available on the Stowe Center’s YouTube channel after the event. \n\nSpecial Thanks to Our Sponsors\nLEGACY SPONSOR \n \n  \nSILVER SPONSORS BBE Becky Latimer & Alan Kreczko \n \nBRONZE SPONSORS American Justice ProjectThe Goodwin Hotel Katherine D. Kane & John Kelsey Pat Kenny & Ann Foxen Kenny Liberty BankJudith Lohman & David Reik Robinson+Cole \n \nCIRCLE OF FRIENDS SPONSORSA.M. Communications Solutions\, Inc. Anonymous (2) Barnes Crosskey Architects\, LLC Drs. Booker T. & Elena L. DeVaughnDuBaldo Security Systems\, Inc.Susan & Ned Dunn\, Jr.Fiducient Advisors Fiondella\, Milone & LaSaracina LLP | FMLChristiana N. GianopulosCharles HarvellDr. Joan D. HedrickJennyfer A. Holmes Dave Jenkins Dr. Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar & Jeanna Grimes Ogbar Pue\, Chick\, Leibowitz\, & Blezard LLC River Bend Bookshop Shannon Wegele & Ben Wenograd Smith Brothers Insurance Anne Stanback & Charlotte Kinlock Trinity College UAW Local 2110 \n \nMEDIA SPONSORS \n\n\n \n\n\n\nINTRODUCING THE STOWE PRIZE EVENT SERIES\nWe are delighted to share that the work of Mr. Everett\, and all our Stowe Prize winners\, will now be a part of the work we do all year round. In September 2024\, the Stowe Center launched a new Stowe Prize event series that explores the topic of the selected book from September of that year until the following Stowe Prize celebration. Supporters of the 2025 Stowe Prize will be recognized as sponsors of that series in addition to the reception and public program. \n\n\n 
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/2025-stowe-prize-registration-sponsorship/
LOCATION:Immanuel Congregational Church\, 10 Woodland Street\, Hartford\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stowe Prize for Literary Activism
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