Speaker Series – Beyond Storer College Campus: The Early Roots of Black Community in Harpers Ferry, September 3, Lynn Pechuekonis

Historic Shepherdstown’s Speaker Series on Wednesday, September 3, 7:00 pm, at the Shepherd University Robert C. Byrd Center in Shepherdstown, WV, will feature “Beyond the Storer College Campus:  The Early Roots of Black Community in Harpers Ferry, 1867-1917.”

 

Author and Historian Lynn Pechuekonis will talk about the impact that Storer College, which educated thousands of African American students from 1867 until 1955, had on the Black community that evolved and thrived around its campus.  Storer’s policies and approach had a strong influence on Harpers Ferry to ensure that Black residents faced fewer race-based barriers than was typical in the region at the time. Pechuekonis will discuss the roots of this evolution and highlight some of Harpers Ferry’s enterprising and accomplished Black residents.

 

Her talk will be preceded by a short Historic Shepherdstown Annual Meeting at 6:45 pm.