Juneteenth Lecture with Ted Andrews, Ph.D. ’01
As part of the Friars of Color Summer Learning Series, we invite you to watch a recording of a Juneteenth Lunch Hour Learning Lecture featuring Ted Andrews, Ph.D. ’01, professor of history, who discussed his new book, Newport Gardner’s Anthem. Newport Gardner’s Anthem explores the remarkable life of Occramer Marycoo, an enslaved African who went on to become one of early America’s most important Black leaders. In the mid-eighteenth century, Marycoo was taken from West Africa to Newport, where he was forced into racial bondage and given a name that symbolized the power that his new city and new enslaver held over him: Newport Gardner.
