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Join us for the 48th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day event with keynote speaker Annette Gordon-Reed, the author of On Juneteenth. This event will be followed by a public reception.
Annette Gordon-Reed is a Professor of History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard Law School, and the award-winning author of six books. Her latest book, On Juneteenth, sets out to capture the integral importance of the holiday to American history. It quickly became a New York Times bestseller, was featured on the magazine’s 100 Notable Books list, and chosen as one of its the top five non-fiction books of the year.
This event is supported by the Cambridge Trust Charitable Foundation and the Cambridge Public Library Foundation.
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