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Urban Stomp Live! Defiant Joy, Improvisation & Social Dances at MPL NEW 

Presented in partnership with the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University-Newark. Join cultural anthropologist and curator Dr. Derric ...  View More

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Instructor : Multiple

Tuition: $0.00

Schedule : Weekly - Sat 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM; starting 2/7/2026, ending 2/7/2026

Location : Montclair, MPL - Main Location : 
  Montclair, MPL - Main.

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Author Chat - A Black Congressman's Fight for Civil Rights - NEW 

Learn about a legendary civil rights activist that time forgot.  Join Prof. Marion Orr of Brown University in conversation about his new book, ...  View More

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Instructor : Marion Orr 

Tuition: $0.00

Schedule : Weekly - Tue 6:15 PM - 7:45 PM; starting 2/10/2026, ending 2/10/2026

Location : Montclair, MPL - Main Location : 
  Montclair, MPL - Main.

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From Africa to America: The Poetry of Phillis Wheatley NEW - Online 

In 1761, Phillis Wheatley arrived in Boston as an enslaved girl from West Africa. As noted in her poem, “On Being Brought from Africa to America,” W ...  View More

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Instructor : Ada McKenzie-Thomas 

Tuition: $20.00

Schedule : Weekly - Thu 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM; starting 2/12/2026, ending 2/12/2026

Location : Montclair, Online Classes Location : 
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Unsung Black Artists of the Antebellum Era NEW 

Despite the trauma of enslavement, racism and segregation African American artists had their own forms of art. Join Onnie Strother to explore how Blac ...  View More

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Instructor : Onnie Strother 

Tuition: $0.00

Schedule : Weekly - Tue 6:15 PM - 7:45 PM; starting 2/24/2026, ending 2/24/2026

Location : Montclair, MPL - Main Location : 
  Montclair, MPL - Main.

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