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Black Lives Through the Cracks of Wentworth Woodhouse: exhibition launch
Join us for the launch of Dig Where You Stand’s new exhibition with Wentworth Woodhouse. Here we make visible the unknown Black Georgian community of Rotherham and reveal some of the earliest recorded African-descended people in South Yorkshire. Their names are Thomas Blake, George Senegal, Henry Fryday, and Romulus and Remus. By archiving Blackness through art we insist the Black being into the fabric of this house.
The launch will include poetry and musical performances from Désirée Reynolds, Otis Mensah and Seigfried Komidashi. There will also be a Q&A.
Thursday 31st October, 7.00-8.30pm (doors open 6.30pm) at Wentworth Woodhouse.
A free coach has been organised to take visitors based in Sheffield to and from Wentworth Woodhouse. If you would like to reserve a space please let us know via the booking link.
The free exhibition runs until 14 November.
 Desiree Reynolds of Sheffield Archives's Dig Where You Stand joins us to share stories of Black history at Wentworth Woodhouse that have been uncovered as part of the Sheffield Archives project.
In November, Fractured: Black Life Appearing Through the Cracks reveals some of the earliest recorded African-descended people in South Yorkshire. This is change work.
At this lecture, we will delve further into the stories on display.
Thursday 7 November, 7.00-8.00pm at Wentworth Woodhouse
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