Hidden Heroes: The Underground Schools that Built the Civil Rights Movement

The Greenwich Historical Society, together with LWV Greenwich, is delighted to welcome award-winning reporter and acclaimed author of The Woman’s Hour, Elaine Weiss, to discuss her new book, Spell Freedom. Long-listed for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-Fiction, the book charts the efforts of four ordinary citizens in the South as they established secret schools to help black citizens overcome onerous Jim Crow laws and register to vote. The conversation will be moderated by academic leader and author, Susan Herbst. Professor Herbst is President Emeritus of the University of Connecticut where she currently serves as University Professor of Political Science.