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VIRTUAL - Ijeoma Oluo | Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
Tue, January 19, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: $33.00-Book with Ticket
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE “A nuanced analysis of White male America” that “deftly combines history and sociological study with personal narrative” ( Washington Post ), Ijeoma Oluo’s So You Want to Talk About Race took a frank look at America’s…
Virtual Book Club
Wed, January 20, 2021
7:00 P.M.
David Cohen Ogontz Library
Join us for a virtual Book Club. We'll be reading and talking about The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano , an autobiography. The program is hosted by Thomas Walker, Librarian at David Cohen Ogontz branch and reading pace is up to you. We'll meet…
VIRTUAL - Sadeqa Johnson | Yellow Wife
Mon, January 25, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
Register Here In conversation with Jennifer Weiner, bestselling author of numerous books including In Her Shoes and most recently Big Summer Yellow Wife tells the harrowing story of an enslaved woman forced to barter love and freedom while living in the most infamous slave jail in Richmond,…
VIRTUAL - Salamishah Tillet | In Search of The Color Purple: The Story of an American Masterpiece
Tue, January 26, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE In conversation with Errin Haines, founding member and editor at large at The 19th, a new, nonprofit newsroom focused on the intersection of women, politics and policy. Salamishah Tillet is the author of Sites of Slavery , an examination of how contemporary African American…
Virtual Book Club
Wed, January 27, 2021
7:00 P.M.
David Cohen Ogontz Library
Join us for a virtual Book Club. We'll be reading and talking about The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano , an autobiography. The program is hosted by Thomas Walker, Librarian at David Cohen Ogontz branch and reading pace is up to you. We'll meet…
VIRTUAL - James Oakes | The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution
Tue, February 2, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
Register Here In conversation with Eric Foner, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery and Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution , winner of the Bancroft, Parkman, and Los Angeles Times Book prizes. James Oakes won the…
Do Right by Me: Learning to Raise Black Children in White Spaces
Thu, February 4, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Virtual Event
Join the authors of Do Right by Me: Learning to Raise Black Children in White Spaces for a conversation on their recent book, moderated by Tracey Matisak! In the words of Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist , “Part history lesson, part intimate…
Virtual Program | ENA ensemble presents: A Different Kind of Song
Sat, February 6, 2021
7:00 P.M.
Music Department
at
Parkway Central Library
ENA ensemble , who brought us the Serial Opera Project and the Serial Musical Project are back! Join us for the online premiere of "A Different Kind of Song: Unsung Stories of Black Women in Classical Music" Featuring: Ayanna Freelon, Soprano, and Janee Cherie Johnson,…
The Long Arc of Survival: A Virtual Discussion Group on Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Tue, February 9, 2021
7:00 P.M.
Zoom
Join Women In Transition and The Rosenbach for a discussion about surviving and thriving after intimate partner violence, with a focus on the Philadelphia-area author and activist Alice Dunbar-Nelson, who lived from 1875 to 1935. Monet Timmons and Jesse Erickson, curators…
Virtual Course | Alice Dunbar-Nelson: Reading from Inside the Archive
Thu, February 11, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Zoom
“Reading from Inside the Archive” is a unique opportunity offering an exploration of Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s life and work through her published writing and literary archive. Questions throughout center on how public persona and personal experience intersect and the degree to…
Radical Self-care in an Era of Activism: A Virtual Salon
Now through Thu, February 11, 2021
7:00 P.M.
Zoom
A shared space for self care inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and the life and legacy of Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Join chef Jena Harris and Professor Pysche Williams-Forson for an evening of self care grounded in the salon-style traditions of the Harlem Renaissance. Chef Jena will use accessible…
Collectors' Showcase: Philadelphians Collect Black Writers
Wed, February 17, 2021
7:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
at
Parkway Central Library
The Rare Book Department is thrilled to host five local collectors who have spent years preserving and celebrating the work of Black writers and artists. Join Gloria Akers, Supreme Dow, Oliver St. Clair Franklin OBE, Bea Joyner, and Frank Tyson to hear about their amazing collections and how…
VIRTUAL - Michael Eric Dyson | Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America
Thu, February 18, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
Register Here In conversation with Jon Meacham Meelya Gordon Memorial Lecture Michael Eric Dyson is the author of Tears We Cannot Stop , an “eloquent, righteous, and inspired” ( Philadelphia Inquirer ) call for racial change that was named one of the best books of 2017 by multitudes…
Black Writers, the Jazz Age, and the Harlem Renaissance at The Rosenbach | Virtual Behind the Bookcase Tour
Thu, February 25, 2021
6:00 P.M.
Zoom
The Harlem Renaissance is the fulcrum for this look “behind the bookcase” at great Black writers. Beginning with Paul Laurence Dunbar, the first acclaimed Black poet after Emancipation, we’ll spend the bulk of our time with letters and first editions of poet Langston Hughes and…
Virtual Course | Alice Dunbar-Nelson: Reading from Inside the Archive
Thu, March 11, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Zoom
“Reading from Inside the Archive” is a unique opportunity offering an exploration of Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s life and work through her published writing and literary archive. Questions throughout center on how public persona and personal experience intersect and the degree to…
Making Her Mark Spotlight: Black Sisterhood and Suffrage | Digital Discussion
Now through Wed, March 24, 2021
7:00 P.M.
Zoom
Conversation about the significance of voting rights initiatives led by Black sororities, with featured speaker Dr. Thelma Thomas Daley. From the recent 'Stroll to the Polls' that mobilized voters for the 2020 presidential election, to the longstanding commitments to public service and…
VIRTUAL - Kate Masur | Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction
Thu, March 25, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE Kate Masur is the author of An Example for All the Land , a Lincoln Prize finalist that examined Washington, D.C.’s role as a 19th century laboratory for civil rights policy and justice. She is also the author of numerous academic articles and essays that focus on how…
Virtual Course | Alice Dunbar-Nelson: Reading from Inside the Archive
Thu, April 8, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Zoom
“Reading from Inside the Archive” is a unique opportunity offering an exploration of Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s life and work through her published writing and literary archive. Questions throughout center on how public persona and personal experience intersect and the degree to…
Virtual Course | Alice Dunbar-Nelson: Reading from Inside the Archive
Thu, April 29, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Zoom
“Reading from Inside the Archive” is a unique opportunity offering an exploration of Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s life and work through her published writing and literary archive. Questions throughout center on how public persona and personal experience intersect and the degree to…
Making Her Mark Spotlight: Generation to Generation | Digital Discussion
Now through Thu, May 6, 2021
5:30 P.M.
Zoom
Join curators from regional institutions whose exhibitions look at the multi-generational women-led movement building around voter rights and enfranchisement leading up to the passage of the 19th Amendment and beyond. This discussion will provide additional context on exhibitions accessible…