{"id":9966,"global_id":"wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh?id=9966","global_id_lineage":["wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh?id=9966"],"author":"9","status":"publish","date":"2022-09-25 07:01:55","date_utc":"2022-09-25 11:01:55","modified":"2022-10-06 18:14:04","modified_utc":"2022-10-06 22:14:04","url":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/calendar\/ann-plato-of-hartford-pioneering-black-writer\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/9966","title":"Ann Plato of Hartford: Pioneering Black Writer","description":"<p><u><\/u><u><\/u><u><\/u><b>Stranger in a Strange Land: &nbsp;Ann Plato\u2019s Strategy for Autonomy as Evidenced in Essays; Including Biographies and Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Poetry<\/b><br \/><u><\/u><br \/><u><\/u><br \/><u><\/u><br \/><u><\/u>Join Antoinette Brim-Bell for a fascinating discussion about Ann Plato, who in 1841 became the fist African American writer to publish a collection of essays. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>When scrutinized through a white canonical literary lens or juxtaposed with accepted African American authors, her work is generally criticized for being derivative and of \u201clittle literary merit,\u201d rendering Plato a footnote in history. This presentation will explore Ann Plato\u2019s literature against this assessment, situating the publication of essays as a treatise that strategically optimizes the author\u2019s opportunity for social and physical mobility.   <\/p>\n<p>This Hartford History Series event is produced in collaboration with Capital Community College.<br \/> <u><\/u><u><\/u><br \/><u><\/u><br \/><u><\/u><br \/><u><\/u>Please register here:&nbsp;<u><\/u><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2022HHS?fbclid=IwAR0PFJ4pISPg91ADqas9zU4YCPL9sF-3kNzBlus4KpTOOh_ifkuUv_i-4Eg\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2022HHS<\/a><\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"ann-plato-of-hartford-pioneering-black-writer","image":false,"all_day":false,"start_date":"2022-10-06 17:45:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2022","month":"10","day":"06","hour":"17","minutes":"45","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2022-10-06 19:00:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2022","month":"10","day":"06","hour":"19","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":"2022-10-06 21:45:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2022","month":"10","day":"06","hour":"21","minutes":"45","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2022-10-06 23:00:00","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2022","month":"10","day":"06","hour":"23","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"America\/New_York","timezone_abbr":"EDT","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"","currency_code":"","currency_position":"","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":false,"show_map_link":false,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[],"tags":[],"venue":[],"organizer":[],"custom_fields":[],"json_ld":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Event","name":"Ann Plato of Hartford: Pioneering Black Writer","description":"&lt;p&gt;Stranger in a Strange Land: &nbsp;Ann Plato\u2019s Strategy for Autonomy as Evidenced in Essays; Including Biographies and Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and PoetryJoin Antoinette Brim-Bell for a fascinating discussion about [&hellip;]&lt;\/p&gt;\\n","url":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/calendar\/ann-plato-of-hartford-pioneering-black-writer\/","eventAttendanceMode":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OfflineEventAttendanceMode","eventStatus":"https:\/\/schema.org\/EventScheduled","startDate":"2022-10-06T17:45:00-04:00","endDate":"2022-10-06T19:00:00-04:00","performer":"Organization"}}