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“The Other Book” series to explore Black history in Alachua County

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Read about this series in Gainesville’s Main Street Daily News article.

On January 11, this lecture series kicked off with its first of four lectures focusing on the transatlantic passage enslaved Africans experienced on their way to America. The series is named for the “other” book that Black teachers used before schools were integrated.

Photos by Eric Segal from the Harn Museum.