The Story of Timbuctoo: Black Voting Rights in the Adirondacks

The Story of Timbuctoo: Black Voting Rights in the Adirondacks

Country Live: Summer Series presents, “The story of Timbuctoo: Black voting rights in the Adirondacks,” with Pete Nelson, a co-founder of the Adirondack Diversity Initiative and an adjunct faculty member at NCCC. Pete’s presentation will focus on the effort to establish voting rights for free blacks in the Elba region of the Adirondacks in the 1840s. 

The session is part of Country Live: Summer Series and will be held via Zoom Thursday, Aug. 6 at 7 p.m. It is free, although pre-registration is required so invitation details can be sent to participants. To register, visit www.nccc.edu/live.

This program is sponsored by Country Community College, the Adirondack Diversity Initiative, the Adirondack Country Association and John Brown Lives!

Thursday, August 06, 2020

Contact:

Selina LeMay-Klippel

Phone: 888-TRY-NCCC
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