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Name: Staged Reading of “House on the Hill, Mary Ellen Pleasant's Story”
Start: 2015-02-28T22:00+00:00
End: 2015-03-01T07:59+00:00
Location: West Hollywood Library Community Meeting Room

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Staged Reading of “House on the Hill, Mary Ellen Pleasant's Story”

Date: February 28, 2015 2:00 PM February 28, 2015 2:00 PM February 28, 2015
Location: West Hollywood Library Community Meeting Room
625 N. San Vicente Boulevard
West Hollywood, California

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Please join us in celebrating Black History Month with a staged reading of "House On The Hill, Mary Ellen Pleasant's Story", written by Sharon L. Graine. An abolitionist, active in the Underground Railroad, Mary Ellen Pleasant's fight with the Omnibus Railway Company ended with her being the first to win equal rights for African Americans to ride public transportation. (Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks.) But her enemies accused her of being a Voodoo Priestess, a Madame and a murderer… example of 19^thcentury mudslinging? You decide… Snacks and parking validation will be provided. For more information, call (310) 652-5340

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