REDDING- Theater Performance and Lecture: Voices of the Golden Ghosts

Voices of the Golden Ghosts, drawing by Robert Caillier REDDING– Come see a theater performance featuring historically based vignettes performed by members of the Voices of the Golden Ghosts from Shasta and Siskiyou County. Based on historical accounts, performers will act out real life situations of African Americans in the Northern California Gold Mining regions during the 1850’s. Also historians and authors will describe in detail the situations free and enslaved African Americans faced during the 1850’s in California. This will be the first time that information of this kind about the presence and lives of African Americans working in the  Gold Mining regions of Shasta and Siskiyou Counties will be presented to a public audience. April 6, 2019 7 – 9 pm Shasta College Theater 11555 Old Oregon Trail  Redding, CA 96049-6006 • (530) 242-7500 Purchase tickets on the day of the event at Shasta College Theater.  For more information, please contact Shasta Historical Society shs@shastahistorical.org. Phone: 530.243.3720. or project director Mark Oliver at 530-859-3316 This event is supported by California Humanities through an Humanities for All Project Grant.