CONVERSATION AND HOMECOMING WITH CAROLE & JEFFERY BOSTON WEATHERFORD

Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery Boston Weatherford’s ancestors are among the founders of Maryland. Their family history there extends more than three hundred years, but as with the genealogical searches of many African Americans with roots in slavery, their family tree can only be traced back five generations before going dark. And so from scraps of history, Carole and Jeffery have conjured the voices of their kin, creating an often painful but ultimately empowering story of who their people were in a breathtaking book that is at once deeply personal yet all too universal. Carole’s poems capture voices ranging from her ancestors to Frederick Douglass to Harriet Tubman to the plantation house and land itself that connects them all, and Jeffery’s evocative illustrations help carry the story from the first mention of a forebear listed as property in a 1781 ledger to he and his mother’s homegoing trip to Africa in 2016. Shaped by loss, erasure, and ultimate reclamation, this is the story of not only Carole and Jeffery’s family, but of countless other Black families in America.

Date: Saturday, February 24, 2024 @ 2:00pm
Location: Avalon Theatre, Easton
Free and Open to the public

For More information, visit Avalon Theatre’s website: https://avalonfoundation.org/event/conversation-and-homecoming-carole-and-jeffery-boston-weatherford
Presented by Talbot County Free Library , The Country School , Talbot County Public Schools, Talbot Historical Society, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Monica Davis, Easton Economic Development Corporation, Frederick Douglass Honor Society, Maryland Public Television, WHCP FM 91.7 Music Discovery & NPR for the Mid-Shore, Academy Art Museum, ShoreRivers, Avalon Foundation, Talbot Arts, Dock Street Foundation, Talbot County Economic Development and Tourism, Dorchester County Tourism