WASN Book Club: March 2022
WASN recently hosted its first book club on Keisha N. Blain’s Until I am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America. We have further Book Clubs arranged for Friday 11 March and Thursday 5 May, details below: March 11, 2022: For this month's book club, we will be discussing Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers' new book ' They Were Her Property'; White Women as Slaveowners in the American South (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019). We welcome scholars at every stage, so do come along and to share your thoughts! Date: Friday 11th March 2022 Time: 12 noon- 1pm (UK time) Register in advance for this meeting: https://mmu-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqd-qoqzooG9fRM_iLhs1ctMQ0kV5eEtnZ May 5, 2022: The 1619 Project isn't just an initiative or a subject of controversy, it is a confrontation with the truth. For many African American readers, it is a journey towards healing and reparation. For many other American readers, it is an acknowledgement of the wilful […]