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The Underground Railroad and Frederick Douglass


Music, History, Storytelling by Sparky and Rhonda Rucker

FOLLOWING THE NORTH STAR

This special historical program gives a unique perspective into the songs and stories of slavery, abolition, and the Underground Railroad. Personalities such as Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Harriet Tubman are brought to life. Sparky and Rhonda sing the traditional slave songs that were filled with symbolism, messages of freedom, and sometimes even the information to guide the slaves' escape.

November 16, College Hour, 5-200

(program will go until about 1:30)

Sparky and Rhonda Rucker perform throughout the U.S. as well as overseas, singing songs and telling stories from the American folk tradition. Sparky Rucker has been performing over forty years and is internationally recognized as a leading folklorist, musician, historian, storyteller, and author. He accompanies himself with fingerstyle picking and bottleneck blues guitar, banjo, and spoons. Rhonda Rucker is an accomplished harmonica, piano, banjo, and bones player, and also adds vocal harmonies to their songs.

This program is brought to the college community by the Transitional Studies Department

Questions?  Contact Judi Salsburg Taylor x3275, <mailto:jsalsburg@monroecc.edu>

Judi Salsburg Taylor
Transitional Studies
11/06/2007