{"id":64218,"date":"2019-02-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/02\/20\/author-to-share-story-of-struggle-against-oppression\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T16:01:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T21:01:44","slug":"author-to-share-story-of-struggle-against-oppression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/02\/20\/author-to-share-story-of-struggle-against-oppression\/","title":{"rendered":"Author to share story of struggle against oppression"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Charlene Butts Ligon, a local author, will read from and discuss her book &#8220;Fearless&#8221; from 1-2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21 , in the Eppley Science Hall Auditorium as part of UNMC&#8217;s observance of Black History Month.<\/p>\n<p>Ligon&#8217;s work tells the story of Ligon&#8217;s mother, Evelyn Butts, a poor Virginia seamstress who took on Jim Crow laws, beat the poll tax and changed her city forever. 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