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VIRTUAL - Nikki Giovanni | Make Me Rain
Tue, October 27, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
One of America’s most celebrated poets, the “outspoken, prolific, energetic” ( New York Times ) Nikki Giovanni is the author of numerous collections of poetry including Acolytes ; Black Feeling, Black Talk, Black Judgment ; and Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea .…
VIRTUAL - Veronica Chambers | Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote
Wed, October 28, 2020
12:00 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
In conversation with: Rachelle Baker, illustrator; Jennifer Harlan, writer; Steffi Walthall, illustrator Veronica Chambers is the author of the acclaimed memoir Mama’s Girl , a “troubling testament to grit and mother love” ( New Yorker ). She is also the co-author…
Authors Up Close | Jumping the Broom with Tyler Parry
Wed, November 11, 2020
6:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Join Dr. Tyler Parry of the University of Nevada as he discusses his new book, Jumping the Broom: The Surprising Multicultural Origins of a Black Wedding Ritual , a definitive history of a unique tradition and untangles the convoluted history of the "broomstick wedding." Parry…
VIRTUAL - Eddie Glaude, Jr. | Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
Tue, November 24, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
Register for the event here . Rescheduled from July 16, 2020 In converation with Tamala Edwards, anchor, 6ABC Action News morning edition The chair of the Department of African American Studies and the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University, Eddie S.…