This virtual program honors Juneteenth with theatrical readings from rare runaway slave ads of the 1830s and 1840s from The National Intelligencer and slave narratives, overlaid with the sound of Negro spirituals.

Bill Doggett is an educator, archivist, researcher and lecturer on African American history. He has presented annual "More Than a Month" Black History Month programs at the Merced Branch and programs at other San Francisco Public Library locations.