400 YEARS OR RACISM
How did we get here? And where are we going? Folio presents a series of book discussions exploring the history of racism in the United States through literature. The 400 Years of Racism series, led by Folio librarian Lillian Dabney, will feature a curated selection of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Discussions are hosted online and offered on the first Tuesday of every month.
This program is supported, in part by a grant from 4Culture.
UPCOMING DISCUSSIONS
Tue, Aug 03Online Event via ZoomThe visionary author's masterpiece pulls us--along with her Black female hero--through time to face the horrors of slavery and explore the impacts of racism, sexism, and white supremacy then and now.
Tue, Sep 07Online Event via ZoomThis is a book that was begging to be written. This is the kind of book that demands a future where we'll no longer need such a book. Essential. --Marlon James
Tue, Oct 05Online Event via ZoomA poetic and powerful memoir about what it means to be a Black woman in America--and the co-founding of a movement that demands justice for all in the land of the free.
Tue, Nov 02Online Event via ZoomJames Brown. John Brown's raid. Brown v. the Topeka Board of Ed. The prizewinning author of Blue Laws meditates on all things brown in this powerful new collection.
Tue, Dec 07Online Event via ZoomFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Stony the Road and one of our most important voices on the African American experience comes a powerful new history of the Black church as a foundation of Black life and a driving force in the larger freedom struggle in America.
Tue, Jul 06Online Event via ZoomFirst published in 1903, this eloquent collection of essays exposed the magnitude of racism in our society.