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Virtual Lunchbox Lecture Series– Black History Month

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February 18, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

This Lunchbox Lecture is an online event only through Facebook Live on the National D-Day Memorial’s Facebook page, as well as their YouTube channel, and will not be held at the National D-Day Memorial.
“Enemies in Love: A German POW, A Black Nurse, and an Unlikely Romance” with Alexis Clark
Join author and free-lance journalist Alexis Clark as she shares the story of Elinor Powell and Frederick Albert, an unlikely love story between an African American nurse and a German POW during WWII. In her book, “Enemies in Love,” Clark sheds light on the history and discrimination of African American nurses during the war as well as the life of German POWs in the United States. Enemies in Love explores the impact of segregation and Jim Crow in America and how one couple defied the odds to fall in love.

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Date:
February 18, 2021
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Website:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1019152958583634

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