George A. Newman Symposium

Thursday, May 1, 2025
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Event Type
Special Event
Contact
Brooks Hefner
540-568-3759
Organization
Libraries
Link
https://ems.jmu.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=923575

 Join us for a celebration of the publication of A Miserable Revenge: A Story of Life in Virginia, a never-before-published novel written in 1876-77 by Harrisonburg’s trailblazing Black educator George A. Newman Sr. This book is now in print for the first time in honor of the 150th anniversary of Newman’s arrival in Harrisonburg. The symposium will be preceded by tours of the Dallard-Newman House (4pm) and the Newtown Cemetery and Lucy F. Simms School (4:45pm). 

A flyer for the Newman Symposium, Thursday May 1, 2025, 4-8pm. Lucy F. Simms Continuing Education Center, 620 Simms Avenue, Harrisonburg, VA 22802. Book cover of "A Miserable Revenge: A Story of Life in Virginia," and schedule of the event.
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