Please join us for a reception celebrating the exhibition "Black Power! 19th Century: Newark's First African Rebellion" that will be on display at Newark Public Library until August 31st. Come learn more about the African American abolitionist and activist community that international leaders like Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. DuBois visited. Come learn about the relentless activism of Blacks in the 1800s that serves as a foundation for the 1960s Black Power movement. View 250-year-old shackles from a New Jersey Plantation and a first edition 1773 copy of Phillis Wheatley's poetry book. The exhibition is open now; visit www.npl.org for library hours. See you soon!