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Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives with Caitlyn Hunter
VirtualMarch 20, 2024 - Caitlyn Hunter joins Historic Sotterley to discuss her book, "Power in the Tongue", which fuses history and folktales to show Black perseverance across centuries. Her book is a hybrid of memoir and fiction which digs into the history of herself and her audience to show that the stories we tell are…
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Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives with Jaelon Moaney, Phoebe Tate, Roderick Lewis, and host Kelsey Bush
VirtualApril 10, 2024 - Historic Sotterley will be proud to host a virtual moderated panel of exceptional young professionals to discuss the topic "How far have we come, and where do we need to go?". 2024 has been proclaimed Maryland Year of Civil Rights as we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the…
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Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives with Donald Barber, David Brown, and Janice Walthour
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesMay 8, 2024 - Historic Sotterley’s next Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives event will introduce a new book, The Barber Family: From Slavery, Through Segregation, and The Civil Rights Movement, by Donald Barber and David Brown. The Barber family are Sotterley Descendants, and the book tells their story against the backdrop of their challenges with…
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Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives Panelist Discussion with Sotterley Descendant Community
VirtualFebruary 26, 2025 - "Deeply Rooted: A Shared Journey Through Restorative Genealogy" will focus on the healing that can come through uncovering our shared and respective histories. As we learn more about our own history, we can become more aware of the journey that others are on. Members from Historic Sotterley's Descendant Community will engage…
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Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives with Franklin Robinson, Kathryn Barrett-Gaines, & Dorothea Smith
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesSeptember 24, 2025 - In 2012, a massive storm ripped through Charles County, ripping a tree and waterpipe from the ground on Serenity Farm in Benedict, Maryland. Years prior, the farm's family of owners had found a human skull buried in that same place, so the storm's damage presented an opportunity to deep dive into…
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Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives with Victoria Christopher Murray
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesNovember 12, 2025 - The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Mary McLeod Bethune refuses to back down as white supremacists attempt to thwart her work. She marches on as an activist and an educator, and as her reputation grows she becomes a celebrity, revered by titans of business and recognized by U.S. Presidents. Eleanor Roosevelt…