Bookstock & NWPL present: François Clemmons

François Clemmons
a Bookstock Author Talk & Conversation (Live via Zoom)
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The intimate debut memoir by the man known to the world as Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’s Officer Clemmons, who made history as the first African American actor to have a recurring role on a children’s television program.

Author, singer, playwright, and professor, François Clemmons is a Grammy award-winning opera singer who has performed for audiences around the world. He will discuss his evocative memoir, “Officer Clemmons,” sharing stories of his incredible life and gracing us with song! Please join us for what will be a delightful and substantive event between Francois and his virtual audience.

Additional info:  Dr. François S. Clemmons received a bachelor of music degree from Oberlin College and a master of fine arts from Carnegie Mellon University. He also received an honorary doctor of arts degree from Middlebury College. In 1973, he won a Grammy Award for a recording of Porgy and Bess; in 1986, he founded and directed the Harlem Spiritual Ensemble; and from 1997 until his retirement in 2013, Clemmons was the Alexander Twilight Artist in Residence and director of the Martin Luther King Spiritual Choir at Middlebury College in Vermont, where he currently resides. To read more about François Clemmons and to register for this FREE event, click here.