The city of Cambridge rededicates Charles Sumner’s statue in Harvard Yard to mark the 200th anniversary of his birth in 1811. Immediately following, Beverly Morgan-Welch of the Museum of African American History and Daniel Coquillette of Harvard Law School discuss Sumner’s significance in America’s ongoing struggles for civil rights.

Cosponsored by Jane Sturtevant, Longfellow National Historic Site, Boston African American National Historic Site, Museum of African American History, Friends of the Longfellow House, and First Parish in Cambridge.