Community Spotlight: Justice For Nelson Hackett

KUAF | By Caleb Burkholder,

Luke Dumpert

Published August 6, 2024 at 1:58 PM CDT

Luke and Caleb speak with John Benedict, from the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fayetteville, about an upcoming reading of the play, "Justice for Nelson Hackett", the story of a slave who became a symbol for abolitionism after his 1841 escape and journey from Arkansas to Canada.

A reading of the play will take place August 11th at 3:00 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Fayetteville.

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