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In late October 1920, investigator Addie Hunton “hurr[ied] along” her report to NAACP chair Mary White Ovington. With only days to go before the November presidential election, there was no time to spare. The Nineteenth Amendment was now on the books, but registrars in Norfolk, Virginia were refusing Black women who tried to register to vote. These women feared white reprisals if they challenged the officials, yet they freely told their stories of rejection and humiliation to Hunton, an NAACP representative who had traveled in from New York and who spent less than 48 hours in town. Why did they share such dangerous stories with a total stranger? Liette Gidlow unwinds this mystery by delving deep into the archives to explore the many ways African American women in the Jim Crow South fought for voting rights after the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified. Her research finds that while a great many southern Black women were indeed disfranchised, a surprising number in fact succeeded in voting, and their successes, together with ceaseless agitation by those who remained disfranchised, transformed American politics for the next hundred years and ultimately helped elect Barack Obama, the nation’s first African American president.

​A fierce new musical comedy adaptation of Sir Philip Sidney's prose romance, The Arcadia, set to the music and lyrics of the iconic girl group, The Go-Go's.

Jill Lepore is a staff writer for The New Yorker, a Harvard University professor, and the author of the bestselling book These Truths: A History of the United States.

​A fierce new musical comedy adaptation of Sir Philip Sidney's prose romance, The Arcadia, set to the music and lyrics of the iconic girl group, The Go-Go's.

The Westchester Chamber Soloists, established in January 2020, is a newly-formed chamber orchestra focused on performing the concerto literature for all solo symphonic instruments and for piano, as well as other orchestral and selected vocal/choral works.
 
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The Art of Teaching Program at Sarah Lawrence College invites you to join us for our 2020 Film Series featuring No Small Matter, a feature-length documentary film and national engagement campaign that brings public attention to this vital question by sharing powerful stories and stunning truths about the human capacity for early intelligence and the potential for quality early care and education to benefit America’s social and economic future.

After the documentary there will be a panel discussion on the importance of the early years! Light refreshments will be provided.

This evening's event has been canceled. It is likely to be rescheduled later in the semester, and we look forward to sharing details as they become available.

thewaves-or-untitled is a radical deconstruction of Virginia Woolf's experimental 1931 novel The Waves, through writing, dance, and experimental modes of performance.

Join us online for a screening and discussion of the film Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, featuring a Q&A with co-producer Cosima Littlewood ’15 and film history faculty Sally Shafto.

Across the Americas, Indigenous peoples have been rising up to challenge political violence, austerity measures, and environmental injustice. Current social movements led by Indigenous groups reflect enduring histories of resistance against settler colonialism that emphasize Native people's agency, rights, and sovereignty. This panel focuses on Indigenous resistance movements to understand the connections between Native American and Indigenous experience across the hemisphere.

Join us for a special evening with alumnus Richard C. Morais '81 in a live discussion of his most recent novel The Man With No Borders.

Celebrate the launch of two Writing Institute instructors' new books!

Now in its fifth year, the annual Sarah Lawrence College Dancefilm Festival will be held online this year!

Join us as a panel of Sarah Lawrence faculty members discuss the Coronavirus pandemic from a variety of vantage points.

Join Annie Novak '05, farmer and co-founder of the nation’s first green roof farm, in a conversation focusing on New York City: its farms and gardens, its past, and its potential for growth.

Why are people of color more at risk for COVID-19 and other illnesses? In this brief introduction we will learn the social determinants of health, understand how they affect health and longevity, and discover tools to limit their effects.

Students and guests will engage in a discussion examining and reflecting on gender disparities within the entertainment industry.

Part of the First Look Reading Series.

MFA students present their thesis performances.

Theatre faculty member David Neumann presents "3D Woman Human," a collection of digital art pieces assembled through the lens of making theatre.

MFA students present their thesis performances.