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T. Thomas Fortune Project announces its upcoming symposium

New Jersey Council for the Humanities,

 

THE T. THOMAS FORTUNE HOUSE PROJECT 
PRESENTS; THE LEGACY OF T. THOMAS FORTUNE
 “A Window into the World of Post-Reconstruction” 
Saturday, June 14 
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM 
Brookdale Community College 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft 
At the Warner Student Life Center, Navesink Room  216

Registration Required-Limited Seating 
RSVP: 
www.eventbrite.com/e/shining-a-light-on-today-registration-11301770901 

Doors Open 8:30AM for Continental Breakfast

We will be going to the Lincroft Inn, 700 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft afterward for Lunch. Please join us, at your own expense. 

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Walter Greason 



Panelists Include Les Payne, Pulitizer Prize Winning-Journalist; 
Gilda Rogers, Award Winning Journalist; and Linda Shockley, Journalist and Preservationist 

This symposium was made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations in this symposium do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. 

The T. Thomas Fortune Project is a group of concerned citizens who have come together to save theHome of T. Thomas Fortune, a National Historic Landmark in Red Bank, New Jersey.We plan to purchase and restore the house, and create a Cultural Center dedicated to diversity,advocacy, & tolerance, which will have a vital role in the town, the county, and the state.

T. Thomas Fortune was born on October 3, 1856 in Jackson County, Floridaduring slavery, and grew up in Florida during the period of the Civil War and Reconstruction.He was the highly influential editor of the nation’s leading black newspaper The New York Age, and was 
the leading economist in the black community. He was a long-time adviser to Booker T. Washington. 
T. Thomas Fortune was not only an effective journalist, but was also a pioneer social organizer.As early as 1889, at the age of 33, he was the driving force behind formation of an organization known
as the National Afro-American League

Fortune moved to Red Bank, New Jersey in 1901.He named his home now located at 94 Drs James Parker, Maple Hill.
Fortune died June 2, 1928 at the age of 71 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He was buried in an unmarked grave in Eden Cemetery, Collingdale

Further info on T. Thomas Fortune and The Symposium, http://thomasfortunehouse.weebly.com

 

 

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