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Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter
The Royall House & Slave Quarters welcomes Tufts University historian Kerri Greenidge to speak about her forthcoming book, "Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter." This long-overdue biography reestablishes William Monroe Trotter’s essential place next to Douglass, Du Bois, and King in the pantheon of American civil rights heroes. William Monroe Trotter (1872-1934), though still virtually unknown to the wider public, was an unlikely American hero. With the stylistic verve of a newspaperman and the unwavering fearlessness of…
Find out more »Royall House Holiday Shopping Day
The Royall House & Slave Quarters holds its annual Holiday Shopping Day. Shop for handcrafted items including organic soaps, tumbled shard brooches, hand-dipped beeswax candles, and eighteenth-century games, toys, and crafts. Museum cards, bookmarks, magnets, and mugs make perfect gifts. An assortment of fiction and nonfiction for adults and children—with several titles autographed by their authors—will appeal to history lovers of any age. All proceeds support the work of the Royall House & Slave Quarters.
Find out more »Slavery’s Descendants: Shared Legacies of Race & Reconciliation
Co-editor Dionne Ford and contributor Catherine Sasanov will discuss "Slavery's Descendants: Shared Legacies of Race & Reconciliation," a collection by writers from a variety of backgrounds — all members of Coming to the Table, a national racial reconciliation organization — recounting their stories of dealing with America’s racial past through their experiences and their family histories. Copies of "Slavery's Descendants" will be available for purchase and signing. Admission is free for Royall House & Slave Quarters members, free for 2…
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