Historical Scholarship Through Fiction

Authors Beverly Lowry, Harriet Tubman: Imagining A Life; Lawrence Hill, Someone Knows My Name: A Novel; and Lorene Cary, The Price of a Chilread more

Authors Beverly Lowry, Harriet Tubman: Imagining A Life; Lawrence Hill, Someone Knows My Name: A Novel; and Lorene Cary, The Price of a Child: A Novel analyzed slavery through fictional writing and historical scholarship at a National Constitution Center panel discussion. Topics included the process of imagining the life of someone else and what makes a person behave heroically. The authors read selections from their books. Frank Wilson, book review editor for The Philadelphia Inquirer, moderated.

Beverly Lowry is the author of several novels and works of non-fiction, including Her Dream of Dreams: The Rise and Triumph of Madam C.J. Walker. Ms. Lowry is the recipient of the 2007 Richard Wright Literary Excellence Award. She currently teaches at George Mason University.

Lawrence Hill is the author of the novels Some Great Thing and Any Known Blood.

Lorene Cary is the author of several novels and works of nonfiction, including the memoir Black Ice. Ms. Cary is the close

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Historical Scholarship Through Fiction

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206511-1
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Public Affairs Event
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Location:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
First Aired:
Jul 28, 2008 | 2:45am EDT | C-SPAN 2

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  • Jul 28, 2008 | 2:45am EDT | C-SPAN 2
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