Saturday, March 21 at 2:00 p.m.
Mrs. Alice C. Royal, author of Allensworth, the Freedom Colony, will give a presentation and sign copies of her book.
African American Museum and Library at Oakland, 659 14th St., Oakland, CA 94612
Free and open to the public; for more information call (510) 637-0200.
Mrs. Royal at AAMLO
Saturday Mar 21 2009
14:00:00
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Alice Calbert Fauntleroy Royal, RN, MPH (1923–2014), was born in her grandparents’ home in Allensworth, California. After an early childhood in the Central Valley, including two years in Allensworth when she was seven and eight years old, she grew up in Alameda and became a public health nurse. She chaired the Colonel Allensworth State Park Advisory Committee from 1985 to 1989, served on the Allensworth planning task force for 2008, and was a longtime member of the Friends of Allensworth.