2026 Tea Talks | Unbought & Unbossed: Black Female Oratory

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From the stirring voices of Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, and Fannie Lou Hamer to contemporary trailblazers like Amanda Gorman and Imani Perry, Black women have advanced truth-telling through the power of speech. This discussion celebrates their rhetorical brilliance, unflinching advocacy, and unique ability to weave personal experience with collective struggle in the ongoing fight for justice and equality.

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Location: Portsmouth Public Library
Time/date: 2/15/2026 @ 2PM

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