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Kojo Nnamdi Moderates Creative Dialogue On “fortune’s Bones”

Thursday, September 15th, 2011
In the late 1700s, an African-American captive named Fortune was enslaved by Dr. Preserved Porter, a bonesetter in Waterbury, Connecticut. Fortune died under mysterious circumstances at about age 60 and Dr. Porter prepared his skeleton to use as a teaching tool. On Monday, September 19, 2011 at 7:30 p.m., the Clarice Smith Peforming Arts Center kicks off the first in a series of events focused on Fortune's life and legacy. Award-winining ra