Black Folk: Community Read & Conversation Series

Program Type:

Community History, Special Events

Age Group:

Adults
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Event Details

Join us for our annual Community History Book Club - a community conversation and workshop series. This year, we are reading Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class by Dr. Blair LM Kelley. Alongside Dr. Kelley, we will focus our conversations on the history of labor, centering the experiences of local Black laborers and labor organizers. Our goal is to listen and learn together about how we can learn from the past and from our fellow community members to create a better future. 

Over the course of four weeks, we will bring together community members, scholars, educators, artists, and policymakers to listen and learn from each other. 

Session dates & themes: 

  • Thursday, February 26 – Black Labor Histories: Local Lineages of Struggle
  • Thursday, March 5 - Black Folk with Dr. Blair Kelley. Dr. Kelley will join us in conversation during this session. 
  • Thursday, March 12 - Resistance, Mutual Aid & Collective Power
  • Thursday, March 19 - Imagining the Future of Black Labor in Chapel Hill

All sessions will be held at Chapel Hill Public Library in Meeting Room B. Events will start at 6 pm, with doors opening at 5:30. 

This series is organized by Danita Mason-Hogans and Dr. Simona Goldin in partnership with Chapel Hill Community History and Bridging the Gap. 

Friends of Chapel Hill Public Library. 

Get the book: Free copies of the book are available now at Chapel Hill Public Library while supplies last. As we anticipate great interest in this program, we encourage those who can access the book on their own to do so. If you’d like to donate a book for a community member, please do so through Flyleaf Books.