Event Lectures and Symposia Giants of Racial Justice

Date and Location

  • When: Thursday, February 18, 2021

    7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST

  • This event will be livestreamed on Facebook External and YouTube External. It will be available for viewing afterwards in the Library's Event Videos collection.

  • Where: Online Only

Part of National Book Festival

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In an event celebrating African American History Month, Peniel E. Joseph (“The Sword and the Shield”) and Tamara Payne (“The Dead Are Arising”) will discuss their books on Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. with NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans.

This is part of National Book Festival Presents, a year-round series that features high-caliber authors, their books and corresponding Library treasures.