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'Black Gotham' Author At Fortune Center Saturday In Red Bank
"Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth Century New York City" will be topic of Red Bank program.
RED BANK, NJ — The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center will host a Women's History event Saturday, March 30, with an author talk by Dr. Carla Peterson.
The event at 3 p.m. features Peterson, whose book, "Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth Century New York City," inspired the Scott Family characters in the popular HBO/MAX series, "The Gilded Age," according to organizers.
Peterson is a professor at the University of Maryland.
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The event also includes the character of T. Thomas Fortune. Peterson's, grandfather, Jerome Peterson, was T. Thomas Fortune’s partner in the New York Age newspaper.
Peterson will have a conversation with the Cultural Center’s Executive Director Gilda Rogers.
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The book will be on sale in the Cultural Center’s gift shop.
To register, visit https://bit.ly/DrCarlaPeterson
Cost is a $12 donation.
The Cultural Center is at 94 Drs. James Parker Boulevard in Red Bank.
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