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Book Discussion - Begin Again: Calls on James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for our Own


Date: Monday, March 15, 2021
Time: 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Campus: Other
Location: Zoom - Register for Details

By weaving the story of James Baldwin into a narrative about the Black experience today in America, Eddie Claude challenges us to find our better selves, individually and collectively. This book is not a biography of Baldwin in the literary sense.  Instead, the book permits us to see today through the eyes of Baldwin as he struggled with both the trauma he and the nation had experienced and the grit he demonstrated just to survive. It allows us to see the interconnectedness of history using the Civil Rights Movement as the backdrop.

PRE-REQUISITES:   Participants to do 1 of the following:

  1. Attended the Black Unity Conference;
  2. Watch Morning Joe 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGziNxwFMew
  3. Watch The Daily Show 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcLII_3IRxk
  4. Read the book Begin Again

Book discussion facilitated by Vonya Lewis-Thornton, Professor, History

TO REGISTER:

Sinclair staff/students:  https://ctlevents.sinclair.edu/calendar/m15p-book-discussion-begin-again-calls-on-james-baldwins-america-and-its-urgent-lessons-for-our-own/

Community members:  email michele.marcum@sinclair.edu for registration

Book Discussion - Begin Again: Calls on James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for our Own


Date: Monday, March 15, 2021
Time: 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Campus: Other
Location: Zoom - Register for Details

By weaving the story of James Baldwin into a narrative about the Black experience today in America, Eddie Claude challenges us to find our better selves, individually and collectively. This book is not a biography of Baldwin in the literary sense.  Instead, the book permits us to see today through the eyes of Baldwin as he struggled with both the trauma he and the nation had experienced and the grit he demonstrated just to survive. It allows us to see the interconnectedness of history using the Civil Rights Movement as the backdrop.

PRE-REQUISITES:   Participants to do 1 of the following:

  1. Attended the Black Unity Conference;
  2. Watch Morning Joe 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGziNxwFMew
  3. Watch The Daily Show 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcLII_3IRxk
  4. Read the book Begin Again

Book discussion facilitated by Vonya Lewis-Thornton, Professor, History

TO REGISTER:

Sinclair staff/students:  https://ctlevents.sinclair.edu/calendar/m15p-book-discussion-begin-again-calls-on-james-baldwins-america-and-its-urgent-lessons-for-our-own/

Community members:  email michele.marcum@sinclair.edu for registration