Juneteenth Lecture: “The Masks We Wear” by Ron Daise presented by Telfair Museums and Ralph Gilbert Civil Rights Museum

Join the Telfair Museums at the Ralph Gilbert Civil Rights Museum for the Juneteenth lecture “The Masks We Wear” at 6pm on June 10. Learn about Gullah Geechee culture, history, and beliefs with Author, Emmy-nominated Performing Artist, and Cultural Interpreter Ron Daise. Explore the resilience and dignity of Gullah Geechee people throughout systems of oppression as Daise juxtaposes readings of excerpts from his novella, We Wear the Mask, Unraveled Truths in a Pre-Gullah Community, with stanzas of “We Wear the Mask” by poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. This event is free and open to the public.