May 13: Warren Milteer Jr. and Susan Tomlinson
Wed May 13, 2026
6 pm
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
6:00pm – 7:30pm
Cambridge Public Library Lecture Hall
449 Broadway
Free; please register
Join the Cambridge Black History Project, the Cambridge Public Library, and History Cambridge in welcoming Warren Eugene Milteer Jr. for a reading and discussion of his new book, Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom: Free People of Color and the Fight for Equal Rights in the Civil War Era.
The recipient of the Southern Historical Association’s Charles S. Sydnor Award for the best book in Southern history in 2022, Milteer will be joined in conversation by Susan Tomlinson, an associate professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Boston and History Cambridge board member.
