From Slavery to SNCC: A Freedom Rider’s 200-Year Family History of Resistance

Описание: "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Us Around"
Recorded on February 8, 2026, at the First Congregational Church of Long Beach, original Freedom Rider Peggy Trotter Dammond Preacely delivers a breathtaking journey through 200 years of her family's resistance to white supremacy.

From the daring 1848 escape of her ancestors, William and Ellen Craft—who "hid in plain sight" to flee slavery—to her own incarceration as a SNCC activist in the 1960s, Peggy’s story is a vital testament to the American struggle for justice.

🕒 YouTube Video Chapters
00:00 Introduction by Adreana Langston
00:54 A Special Request for Students & Educators
01:50 "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Us Around"
03:13 The Craft Family Legacy: 200 Years of Resistance
04:28 Peggy’s Poem: "History in My Pocket"
05:43 Peggy Preacely Takes the Stage
09:10 The Escape: William & Ellen Craft's Disguise
11:15 Poem: "Flight" (The Crafts' Journey)
13:16 Abolitionist Life in Boston & Philadelphia
14:50 The Fugitive Slave Act & Fleeing to England
17:35 The "Invalid Gentleman" Disguise Explained
20:10 William Craft's Mission to Africa
22:20 Returning to America: Schools & The Klan
23:28 The Blue Plaque & The "Big Green Book"
26:15 The Hemings & Jefferson Connection
28:10 William Monroe Trotter: The "Radical" Journalist
32:15 Growing Up in Harlem & "Code Switching"
36:10 The Murder of Emmett Till: A Turning Point
37:25 The Birth of SNCC & Non-Violent Training
40:15 Becoming a Freedom Rider (1961)
41:40 Christmas in Jail: The Maryland Sit-Ins
44:15 Voter Registration in Southwest Georgia
47:19 The Leesburg Stockade: 2 Weeks of Horror
52:45 Wednesdays in Mississippi: Secret Missions
57:25 Protesting Woodrow Wilson at Princeton
59:40 "Master Slave Husband Wife" (Pulitzer Prize Book)
01:03:42 The Power of One Person: From Watergate to George Floyd
01:06:20 Poem: "A Calling Forth"
01:08:15 Q&A: Colorism in the Movement
01:10:45 Q&A: Non-Violence vs. Self Defense
01:15:20 The Role of the Church Today
01:17:00 Closing & Thank You

Books Mentioned In Preacely Presentation

📚 Books Mentioned & Featured: As promised, here are the books authored by or featuring Peggy Preacely, as well as the historical narratives of her ancestors mentioned in the presentation:

Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC
Peggy is a contributing author to this award-winning collection of personal accounts from women in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

Her specific chapter is titled “It Was Simply in My Blood”.
https://amzn.to/4bNEpGD

Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Written by Danny Lyon, with a foreword by Julian Bond, Peggy is famously featured on the cover of this book.
The book documents her time as a SNCC member through the photography of Danny Lyon.
https://amzn.to/4rb6QTS

Family & Historical Context Books

In her multimedia presentations, Peggy often references books related to her esteemed ancestors, who include famed abolitionists and early civil rights leaders:

Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (by William and Ellen Craft)
Peggy is a descendant of the Crafts, who escaped slavery with Ellen passing as a white male owner. This classic narrative details their escape.
https://amzn.to/46K3hvt

William Monroe Trotter and the Black Atlantic (or related biographies)
Peggy is the descendant of William Monroe Trotter, an esteemed early civil rights activist and co-founder of the Niagara Movement.

This book is out of print so I’m suggesting the book below
Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter
https://amzn.to/3OzyU4D

🎙️ About This Special Presentation: In this moving presentation recorded on February 8th at First Congregational Church of Long Beach, we hear from Peggy Preacely—a Freedom Rider, poet, and dedicated activist of the Civil Rights Movement. Peggy shares her firsthand experiences from the 1950s and 60s, offering a rare and vital perspective on the fight for justice in America.


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