The East Hampton Library will present two Tom Twomey Series lectures this summer. The series was established in memory of the late Tom Twomey (1914-2014), the former Chairman of the Library’s Board of Managers.
Author Sarah Gronningsater will speak on “The Rising Generation: Gradual Abolition, Black Legal Culture, and the Making of National Freedom” on Thursday, July 25, at 5 PM. “The Rising Generation” tells a new story about the long history of emancipation in the United States. It follows the cradle-to-grave experiences of a remarkable generation of Black New Yorkers born into quasi-freedom after the American Revolution and reached adulthood on the eve of the Civil War.
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Film director Nina Rosenblum and author Carol Kino will share their work about the McLaughlin twins, Kathryn McLaughlin Abbe and Frances McLaughlin-Gill, on Thursday, August 22, at 5 PM. The twins began their careers as photographers just before Pearl Harbor. Frances was the only female photographer in the Condé Nast Studio, shooting for Vogue and Glamour, and the first woman to cover the Paris collections for Vogue. Kathryn worked for career-girl magazines, like Charm and Mademoiselle, which flourished in the 1940s, and later became a renowned photographer of children. Nina Rosenblum will open the event by sharing her film (28 min.) on the sisters, “Twin Lenses.” She will then be followed by Carol Kino, who will speak about and show pictures from her new book, “Double Click,” which involved intensive original research in New York and on the East End. Nicole Straus will then moderate a discussion.
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