Event

Lunch & Lecture 3: Onancock Race Riots of 1907

How Far We Have Come The Onancock Riot of 1907
Wednesday, April 3rd
11:30 A.M. 1:00 P.M. at Ker Place

"As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever. " ~Clarence Darrow
What exactly took place on August 10, 1907 in Onancock, Virginia? Please join us for the third presentation of the 2013 Lunch and Lecture Series as Educator Kentoya Garcia reveals the story behind "the disturbance" which occurred early in the last century. Ms. Kentoya has been an instructor at the ESCC, served as site instructor at Old Dominion Distance Learning and was a reading tutor at Northampton High School. Her graduate school thesis includes research of race relations on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Admission for the lunch and presentation is $15 for members and $20.00 for non members.