Chris Haley at North Beach Town Hall presenting Struggle for Freedom (press release)

February 12, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Robyn Truslow 410-535-091

 

Bayside History Museum and Calvert Library will be hosting Chris Haley at the North Beach Town Hall (8916 Chesapeake Avenue, North Beach) for a presentation entitled, “Struggle for Freedom.”  The event will be Sunday, February 22 at 2 p.m. 

 

Chris Haley, actor, writer, historian, genealogist, and motivational speaker, will discuss our shared heritage, the history of slavery in the United States and the struggle for freedom. Haley is the Director of the Study of Slavery in Maryland at the Maryland State Archives research center and the nephew of Alex Haley, author of the famous Pulitzer Prize winning book, Roots: The Saga of an American Family.  For more information, contact Bayside History Museum at 410-610-5970 or Calvert Library, at 410-535-0291.

 

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Robyn Truslow

Public Relations Coordinator

Calvert Library

850 Costley Way

Prince Frederick, MD  20678

410-535-0291

410-535-3022 (fax)

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