Sunday, February 22
3 p.m.
Bemis Hall, Lincoln

In celebration of National Black History Month, join the Lincoln Historical Society and the Robbins House Museum of African American History as we explore how biographers and historians are helping to tell some of the untold and under-told stories of Black lives.

Panelists:

Donald L. Hafner is the author most recently of Entangled Lives, Black and White: The Black Community, Enslaved and Free, of 18th Century Lincoln, Massachusetts.  Don is a retired professor of political science and a long-time volunteer historical interpreter in Minute Man National Historical Park.  His other books include Tales of the Battle Road April 19, 1775  and a biography of the brother of Abigail Adams, William Smith, Captain: The Life and Death of a Soldier of the American Revolution. 

Ray Anthony Shepard is the author of three award-winning biographies for young readers. His fourth, The Fall and Rise of Malcolm X, will be published next year. After years of teaching eighth-grade American history and editing textbooks, Ray launched an encore career telling stories of Black lives that were more authentic than those found in schoolbooks.

Jennifer Turner is a historian, and the executive director of The Robbins House. She has worked at several museums in Massachusetts, including Plimoth Plantation, the Paul Revere House, and the Sargent House Museum in Gloucester.

Nikki Turpin, co-president of The Robbins House board, has been an educator, consultant and administrator in several settings. She’s currently the director of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall in Waltham. Nikki has been active in the Association of African American Museums, and in finding ways to bring important African American stories forward to diverse audiences.