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400 Years of Racism Book Discussions
In the wake of America's racial reckoning, Folio began a series of book discussions exploring the history of racism in the United States through a collection of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, curated and led by Folio librarian Lillian Dabney. Discussions are held on the first Tuesday of each month via Zoom, and are FREE AND OPEN TO ALL.

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre LordeTue, Aug 04Online via Zoom
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. GainesTue, Sep 01Online via Zoom
Just Mercy by Bryan StevensonTue, Oct 06Online via Zoom
Language as Liberation by Toni MorrisonTue, Nov 03Online via Zoom
Magic City by Yusef KomunyakaaTue, Dec 01Online via Zoom


How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint SmithSold OutTue, Jun 02Online via Zoom




Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives by Gary YoungeSold OutTue, Mar 03Online via Zoom


Bound for the Promised Land - Harriet Tubman: Portrait of an American Hero by Kate Clifford LarsonSold OutTue, Jan 06Online via Zoom




They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Expanded Edition by Hanif AbdurraqibSold OutTue, Oct 07Online via Zoom


Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon, Translated by Richard PhilcoxSold OutTue, Aug 05Online via Zoom
Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? by Martin Luther King, Jr.Sold OutTue, Jul 01Online via Zoom
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