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The Folger is closing at 4:30pm on Sunday, February 23, for a staff training exercise. Normal hours will resume when the Folger opens on Tuesday, February 25, at 11:00am.

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Black Women Shakespeareans, 1821 – 1960, with Joyce Green MacDonald
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Black Women Shakespeareans, 1821 – 1960, with Joyce Green MacDonald

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Joyce Green MacDonald shares the history of four Black women Shakespeareans who took to the American stage from 1821 – 1960: The African Grove Theatre’s “Miss Welsh,” Henrietta Vinton Davis, Adrienne McNeil Herndon, and Jane White.

Shakespeare in the Harlem Renaissance, with Freda Scott Giles
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Shakespeare in the Harlem Renaissance, with Freda Scott Giles

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Scholar Freda Scott Giles tells us how the artists and thinkers of the Harlem Renaissance regarded the Bard.