2023 Black History and Reading Challenge Event

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Book Discussion/ Club

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Teens, Adults
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2023 Black History and Reading Challenge Event

A new Origin Story: the 1619 Project, Created by Waterloo, Iowa's own Nikole Hannah-Jones, Investigative reporter for the New York Times and Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

Book Discussions will take place the last Sunday of each month at 4:00pm as follows:

February 26, 2023
Chapter 1: - "Democracy" by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Chpater 2: - "Race" by Dorothy Roberts

March 26, 2023
Chapter 3: "Sugar" by Kahlil Gibran Muhammed
Chapter 4: "Fear" by Leslie Alexander and Michelle Alexander

April 30, 2023
Chapter 5: "Dispossession" by Tiya Miles
Chapter 6: "Capitalism" by Matthew Desmond
Chapter 7: "Politics" by Jamelle Boui 
                                                                                                              

June 25, 2023
Chapter 8: "Citizenship" by Martha S. Jones
Chapter 9: "Self-Defense" by Carol Anderson
Chapter 10: "Punishment" by Bryan Stevenson

July 30, 2023
Chapter 11: "Inheritance" by Trymaine Lee
Chapter 12: "Medicine" by Linda Villarosa

August 27, 2023
Chapter 13: "Church" by Anthea Butler
Chapter 14: " Music" by Wesley Morris

September 24, 2023
Chapter 15: "Healthcare" by Jeneen Interland
Chapter 16: "Traffic" by Kevin Kruse

October 29, 2023
Chapter 17: "Progress" by Ibram X. Kendi
Chapter 18: "Justice" by Nikole Hannah-Jones

For More information visit: www.dbqschools.org/district/community/facesandvoices/reading-challenge or www.carnegiestout.librarycalendar.com/event/2023-black-history-and-reading-challenge-event

This is a Library partnership program with Dubuque Community Schools and Faces and Voices Cultural Celebration.