In Conversation: Black History Month In-Person
To observe Black History Month, please join us to discuss reading selections from Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain's book Four Hundred Souls. We will meet twice during the month to discuss what we have read. Copies of the book may be found on the Reading Group shelves from the second floor of the library, or requested through our catalog.
- Date:
- Tuesday, February 7, 2023 Show more dates
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Susman Room
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Book Groups and Literature Discussions
For the first meeting on Tuesday, February 7th please read:
"Arrival" by Nikole Hannah-Jones (p.3); "Whipped for Lying with a Black Woman" by Ijeoma Oluo (p.11); "Black Women's Labor" by Brenda E. Stevenson (p.18); "Elizabeth Keye" by Jennifer L. Morgan (p.39); "The Selling of Joseph" by Brandon R. Byrd (p.73); "The Virginia Slave Codes" by Kai Wright (p.77); "African Identities" by Walter C. Rucker (p.96); "David George" by William J Barber II (p.135); "Cotton" by Kiese Laymon (p.169); and "Remembering the Albany 3" by Ishmael Reed (p.181) (a total of 43 pages).
For the second meeting on Tuesday, February 21st please read:
"Denmark Vesey" by Robert Jones, Jr. (p.187); "Oregon" by Mitchell S. Jackson (p.209); "Reconstruction" by Michael Harriot (p.234); "Philadelphia" by Kali Nicole Gross (p.249); "Booker T. Washington" by Derrick Alridge (p.267); "The Harlem Renaissance" by Farah Jasmine Griffin (p.287); "The Civil Rights Movement" by Charles E. Cobb, Jr. (p.325); "The War on Drugs" by James Forman, Jr. (p.351); "The Shelby Ruling" by Karine Jean-Pierre (p.378); "Conclusion: Our Acestors' Wildest Dreams" by Keisha N. Blain (p.389) (a total of 45 pages).