 Announcing 2024 Book Discussion Series Selection & Celebrating Black-Owned BookstoresReading for Understanding: Free Monthly Virtual Book Discussions to Promote Reading, Ongoing Learning and Critical Conversations
"In January 2024, we will celebrate our fourth year and 44th book. Our truly nationwide team—from Vermont to Hawai'i—has planned an excellent year of monthly reading and celebration of black-owned bookstores. The Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation doesn't sell books. We're not the authors of the books we're discussing. We're a group of passionate readers and learners that take time each month to read, prepare a discussion presentation for use during and as a public resource after the event. Borrow, buy. Read, listen. We don't care how you get here, just get here if you can. Read the book and make time for the discussion—those are the only requirements. These are free events to promote reading, ongoing learning and critical conversations. Our hope is that individuals, bookstores, libraries, universities will join us for the discussions and/or reuse our resources for their own discussions. We use the book as a shared experience and the discussion as an opportunity to engage with others from around the world." – Randee Wilding, Chief Operating Officer The Center's Reading for Understanding monthly book discussions are free and have two requirements: The 2024 Reading for Understanding book discussion schedule and celebrated black-owned bookstore is as follows: January 24, 2024, 7-9pm EST (UTC-5) Angry White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an Era by Michael Kimmel Facilitated by Randee & Anita Bookstore: Cafe con Libros, Brooklyn, New York, https://www.cafeconlibrosbk.com February 28, 2024, 7-9pm EST (UTC-5) At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance by Danielle L. McGuire Facilitated by Linda & Deborah Bookstore: Uncle Bobbies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, https://www.unclebobbies.com March 27, 2024, 7-9pm EDT (UTC-4) Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James Facilitated by Sabrina & Nicole Bookstore: Reparations Club, Los Angeles, California, https://rep.club April 24, 2024, 7-9pm EDT (UTC-4) Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler Facilitated by Roxanne Bookstore: Afriware Books, Co, Maywood, Illinois, https://www.afriwarebooks.com May 22, 2024, 7-9pm EDT (UTC-4) South to America by Imani Perry Facilitated by Sabrina & Nicole Bookstore: Blackstone Bookstore, Ypsilanti, Michigan, https://www.blackstonebookstore.com June 26, 2024, 7-9pm EDT (UTC-4) I'm Not Yelling: A Black Woman's Guide to Navigating the Workplace (https://worldcat.org/ by Elizabeth Leiba (https://lizleiba.com/) Facilitated by Cherie & Stephanie Bookstore: Black Pearl Books, Austin, Texas, https://blackpearlbookstore.com July 24, 2024, 7-9pm EDT (UTC-4) A People's History of Sports in the United States: 250 Years of Politics, Protest, People, and Play (https://worldcat.org/ by David Zirin (https://www.davezirin.com/) Facilitated by Sabrina & Nicole Bookstore: Community Book Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, https://readcbc.com August 28, 2024, 7-9pm EDT (UTC-4) American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress (https://worldcat.org/ by Wesley Lowery (https://www.wesleyjlowery.com/) Facilitated by Randee & Anita Bookstore: Mahogany Books, Washington, D.C., https://www.mahoganybooks.com September 25, 2024, 7-9pm EDT (UTC-4) Getting Real About Race: Hoodies, Mascots, Model Minorities, and Other Conversations (https://worldcat.org/ by Stephanie M. McClure (Editor) (https://us.sagepub.com/ Facilitated by Cherie & Stephanie Bookstore: Da Book Joint, Chicago, Illinois, https://www.dabookjoint.com October 23, 2024, 7-9pm EDT (UTC-4) Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (https://worldcat.org/ by David Grann (https://www.davidgrann.com/) Facilitated by Sabrina & Nicole Bookstore: Loyalty Bookstore, Washington, D.C., https://www.loyaltybookstores.com/ November 27, 2024, 7-9pm EST (UTC-5) Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad (https://worldcat.org/ by Matthew F. Delmont (https://mattdelmont.com/) Facilitated by Linda & Deborah Bookstore: The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth, Texas, https://www.thedockbookshop.com/ December 18, 2024, 7-9pm EST (UTC-5) The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois (https://worldcat.org/ by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (https://honoreejeffers.com/) Facilitated by Sabrina & Nicole Bookstore: Baldwin & Co., New Orleans, Louisiana, https://www.baldwinandcobooks.com/ Subscribe for registration announcements. If you are interested in participating in our 2024 Reading for Understanding events, please subscribe to our email list at: https://www.dcbcenter.org/ What should a participant expect? All book discussions are two hours and use Zoom. The events begin promptly at 7pm EST/EDT. You will receive credentials via email and Eventbrite email the week of the event. Support black-owned bookstores. Where and how you choose to spend money has power. Visit https://aalbc.com/ "African American Literature Book Club, AALBC.com is the oldest, largest, and most frequently visited web site dedicated to books by, or about, people of African descent. Started in 1997, AALBC.com is a widely recognized source of information about Black authors." Source: AALBC.com Participants are encouraged to continue learning through the Center's Eradicating Racism: A Path Forward (https://www.dcbcenter.org/ About the Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation The Dock C. Bracy Center is committed to human reconciliation and the eradication of racism and other forms of human oppression. Our work focuses on healing the internal emotional and cognitive harms that have allowed racism to continue to thrive in our society. We support the efforts of many other groups and individuals by providing opportunities for learning and self-reflection so that strategies to eradicate racism (https://www.dcbcenter.org/ Photos: https://www.prlog.org/ https://www.prlog.org/ https://www.prlog.org/ https://www.prlog.org/ End
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