Wed 7–9 pm

Marcia Chatelain & Michel Martin at Hill Center

Name: Marcia Chatelain & Michel Martin at Hill Center
Start: 2026-10-28T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital

Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital · Capitol Hill · $12.00 · ★ 4.5 (43)

Pulitzer winner Marcia Chatelain talks her new book with NPR's Michel Martin, part of Hill Center's Emancipation Day series.

This discussion is part of Hill Center's Benjamin Drummond Emancipation Day Celebration series, named in honor of the Naval Hospital's first patient, African American seaman Benjamin Drummond.

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