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JOIN US ON TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2026, AT 7:15 P.M. (Pacific Time)
FOR A PRESENTATION ON
"MARRIAGE AND CEREMONY: CIVIL WAR AND
SOUTHERN BLACK FAMILY RE/CREATION"
WITH Dr. Brenda Stevenson, Prof. of History, UCLA
Five Generations of an African-American Family, 1862.
(Library of Congress)
This talk examines the ways in which once enslaved men, women and children claimed family legality and reality via marriage rituals during and after the Civil War.
In her book, What Sorrows Labour in My Parents' Breast?, author and historian Brenda Stevenson provides a long overdue concise history to help the reader understand this vitally important African American institution as it evolved and survived under the extreme opposition that the institution of slavery imposed.
Dr. Brenda E. Stevenson is the Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair of Women's History at Oxford and the Nickoll Family Endowed Chair of History at UCLA. Her previous works include What is Slavery? and the prize-winning monographs Life in Black and White: Family and Community in the Slave South and The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins: Justice, Gender and the Origins of the L.A. Riots. Dr. Stevenson received her Ph.D. from Yale University.
We have a "Book Buying Partnership" with our local, Pasadena treasure, Vroman's Bookstore. If you would like to pre-order Dr. Stevenson's book using this link, it will be available for you at the May 26 meeting where Dr. Stevenson can sign it for you. And there are no shipping charges to pay!
If you choose to visit Vroman's in person, please go to the Will-Call Desk on the second floor, and identify yourself as a Pasadena CWRT member making a purchase for our May 26 meeting.
Please be sure to follow all instructions on the order page so that your book will be ready for you at the meeting.
Orders must be placed no later than May 18.
VROMAN'S PURCHASE LINK
Southern California's Oldest & Largest Independent Bookstore
Vroman’s Bookstore is the official supplier of speakers’ books for the Pasadena Civil War Round Table.
Thanks to the volunteer efforts and expertise of our Pasadena CWRT members, Tina Miller and Monika Skerbelis, we are now able to record our monthly meetings and post the videos to our YouTube Channel for your enjoyment and edification if you are unable to join us for our live meetings. We invite you to check out the videos from our two years of virtual meetings, as well as our most recent presentations, at our YouTube Channel:
CLICK HERE
We are indebted to Tina and Monika for helping us to bring this wonderful added benefit to allow our non-local members and guests to enjoy the presentations of our distinguished roster of speakers.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR IN-PERSON MEETING:
Pasadena CWRT - TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2026 - 7:15 PM (Pacific Time)
The Blinn House - 160 North Oakland Avenue - Pasadena
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