Carolyn Ivanoff will discuss the life of Ebenezer D. Bassett, first black ambassador of the United States. Bassett was born in Derby, Connecticut and later worked as a schoolteacher in New Haven.
Ms. Ivanoff is a Housemaster at Shelton Intermediate School. She was named Civil War Trust Preservationist Teacher of the Year in 2003. In 2010, the Connecticut League of History Organizations recognized the Bassett booklet by Mary Mycek, Marion O’Keefe and Carolyn Ivanoff and the accompanying educational resources and program with an Award of Merit, and in 2011, the League again recognized one of Ms. Ivanoff’s Civil War programs with an Award of Merit for educational programming.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
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