

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Day of Tears performance
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 12 Apr, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: This is an opportunity to witness and reflect on a tragic day in American history, the day when more than 400 men, women and children were sold at the largest auction of enslaved people in the United States. 

On Sunday, April 12, we'll gather at at St. Peter's Church in Hebron to hear powerful staged readings of the voices of those men, women and children. The production is based on the novel, Day of Tears by Julius Lester, who has granted his permission for this adaptation.

Discussion and dinner follow the performance.

We encourage you to read the book prior to the event, but if you don't, the performance will stand on its own.

Registration is strongly recommended; scan the QR code on the flyer below or click here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/day-of-tears-mlk-event

This annual event in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. is a collaboration of Sanctuary Performing Arts and the Coalition on Diversity &amp; Equity (CoDE), and is made possible by generous funding from the Hebron Greater Together Community Fund of the Greater Hartford Gives Foundation.


NOTE: THIS EVENT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR JANUARY 18. If you purchased a ticket at that time, it will be honored on April 12. If you are unable to attend and want a refund we will gladly do so. You'll receive an email from us.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hebron/day-of-tears-performance/200029650628331
- **Event Categories**: performances, entertainment, art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 9

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029650628331?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=hebron-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Hebron
- **state**: CT
- **country**: United States
- **location**: St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Hebron, CT
- **lat**: 41.655714859188
- **long**: -72.364758972875
- **full address**: St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Hebron, CT, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Coalition on Diversity & Equity - Code (https://allevents.in/org/coalition-on-diversity-and-equity-code/23426610)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 12 Apr, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Hebron, CT, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Coalition on Diversity & Equity - Code
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** performances, entertainment, art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Day of Tears performance ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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