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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Sidney Morrison
DESCRIPTION:About the Author \nSidney Morrison lives in Los Angeles with his wife\, Karan. He is a retired teacher and school principal and now a part time educational consultant and leadership coach for school leaders in school districts in Southern California. He also provides professional development in workshops about ethical leadership and diversity/equity issues in schools. Elected to the Board of Directors of the Association of California School Administrations\, representing the Los Angeles South Bay area\, he was then elected as state president for 1998-1999. He is proud of ACSA’s recognition of his leadership through two major awards. He is also proud of the Bronze Star earned as a medical corpsman assisting the wounded in a minefield during the Vietnam War. \nAbout the Book \nFrederick Douglass was the most prominent African American of the 19th Century and Sidney Morrison has created a mesmerizing historical novel richly detailing his life and the Civil War Era. \nThis portrayal of Douglass distinguishes him as one of the founders of American democracy instrumental in ending the institution of slavery from which he escapes to become a fierce abolitionist\, gifted orator\, and newspaper publisher of The North Star. Douglass collaborates with William Lloyd Garrison\, John Brown\, Elizabeth Cady Stanton\, Susan B. Anthony\, and the Underground Railroad\, as well as Presidents Abraham Lincoln to Grover Cleveland and becomes the first African American to hold esteemed political positions such as U.S. Marshal of the District of Columbia and Minister to Haiti. \nWhat makes this portrayal of Douglass unique is that it takes readers beyond the public persona by also detailing the women in his life: Anna Murray Douglass\, instrumental to his escape\, becomes his wife and the mother to his five children; English abolitionist\, Julia Griffith\, works with Douglass until a scandalized community whispers about an extramarital affair and she returns to England; German journalist\, Ottilie Assing\, dies by suicide after years of waiting for Douglass to marry her and instead he marries a white abolitionist 20 years his junior\, Helen Pitts\, following Anna’s death. These stories are central to understanding the great man as a fully complex human whose life was rich in conflict\, drama\, and suspense. \nFrederick Douglass dedicated his life to racial equality and this novel is an homage to him as a significant figure in U.S. and African American History. \n 
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/author-talk-sidney-morrison/
LOCATION:The Avid Reader\, 617 2nd St.
CATEGORIES:Books & Talks
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