Join Us for “Education Means Emancipation”
Learning to read and write fueled Frederick Douglass’s desire for freedom. It was through literature that Douglass acquired the language to explain what he had already learned through lived experience: that slavery was inhumane, liberation was everyone, and education was a pathway. In explaining his transcendence from literate and enslaved to self-taught and free, he […]
New Members Join MH Board
The Mass Humanities Board of Directors welcomed four new members at its September 15, 2023, board meeting. Members serve three year terms, renewable for one-term. “We are grateful to welcome these four new members, whose expertise and experiences add new perspectives to the amazing group of people serving on our board,” said Brian Boyles, Mass […]