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Revolution in the Air – Virtual Winter Lecture Series
January 23, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park and the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor present our Winter Lecture Series - "Revolution in the Air."
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park and the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor present our Winter Lecture Series – “Revolution in the Air.” This six-part series investigates how the Blackstone River Valley has served as an incubator of revolutionary thought and change. Scholars and park staff will lead presentations on a variety of topics including labor reform, ethnic religion and politics, the cotton economy, and architecture.
Series Schedule:
March 6: Ethnic Politics and the Catholic Church in Rhode Island, Evelyn Sterne, Professor, University of Rhode Island
Synopsis: By the turn of the twentieth century, Catholics comprised more than half Rhode Island’s population but still faced discrimination at the workplace and the polls. As Catholic immigrants organized to assert their rights, they found that their parishes were the most important and accessible institutions in their communities and functioned quite naturally as political organizing spaces. Parishes served as places where Catholics forged alliances, traded information, discussed problems and organized for change.
March 20: Was there “One Best Way”?, Jane Lancaster, Independent Historian
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April 3: Cotton River-lution: The Blackstone’s Role in the Booming New England Cotton Economy, Allison Meyette, AmeriCorps Vista, Blackstone River Valley NHP
