Macon Library Book Club: Annette Gordon-Reed's On Juneteenth

Thu, Jun 22 2023
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Macon, Dionne Mack-Harvin Heritage Center

AAHC book club Juneteenth Reading Room


Join fellow readers for a special meeting of the Macon Library Book Club to celebrate and discuss the history and meaning of Juneteenth, with Pulitzer Prize winner Annette Gordon-Reed's essential text

Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, On Juneteenth provides a historian's view of the country's long road to Juneteenth, recounting both its origins in Texas and the enormous hardships that African-Americans have endured in the century since, from Reconstruction through Jim Crow and beyond.

Use the code to the right or visit bit.ly/MaconBookClubJuneteenth to RSVP, then grab a copy and get reading!

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Add to My Calendar 06/22/2023 06:00 pm 06/22/2023 07:00 pm America/New_York Macon Library Book Club: Annette Gordon-Reed's On Juneteenth <p>Join fellow readers for a special meeting of the Macon Library Book Club to celebrate and discuss the history and meaning of Juneteenth, with Pulitzer Prize winner Annette Gordon-Reed's essential text</p> <p>Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, <em>On Juneteenth</em> provides a historian's view of the country's long road to Juneteenth, recounting both its origins in Texas and the enormous hardships that African-Americans have endured in the century since, from Reconstruction through Jim Crow and beyond.</p> <p>Use the code to the right or visit bit.ly/MaconBookClubJuneteenth to RSVP, then grab a copy and get reading!</p> Brooklyn Public Library - Macon, Dionne Mack-Harvin Heritage Center MM/DD/YYYY 60