Thank you so much for joining my class today at Saint Josephs university today. Were going to explore five women who use their writing and singing to create a Better Future for black people in our country polymari Billie Holiday Lorraine Hansberry, nina simone and anne moody. Why choose these five women you may ask as writers their work highlights a significant element of the civil rights movement, and it also broadens the more wellknown narrative on the key participants from this time. Some of these women participated in sitins and other actions to be sure but even when their own work was very visible such as holidays and simone songs hansburys plays and moodys encounter at woolworths as we talked about last time. There are full contribution to the civil rights struggle is not always widely appreciated as those who have used the power of words. They are also a time together the expanding protest of our time and of their era interestingly too all of them spent some time in new york cit
Out tonight. My name is amalie and i am the Events Coordinator here at bookstore magic. So before we get started, i just have a few logistics to point out about how tonights gonna go first off. We do ask that you keep your mask on at all times while well at this event. We will be doing a hand raised audience q a towards the end of the event. So please start thinking of questions to ask after the talk tonight. Angela will be signing and personalizing books at the desk near the side door behind me. We also have additional books available to purchase at the front where you checked in. And of course if youre joining us virtually on the youtube live stream, we would love to encourage you to buy a copy of essential labor online using the link in the live stream description. All right. So with all that in mind we are so very excited to introduce angela garvis and gross who are here celebrating their the release of angelas newest book essential labor mothering as social change. In essential la
Tonight. Angela will be signing and personalizing books at the desk near the side door behind me. We also have additional books available to purchase at the front where you checked in. And of course if youre joining us virtually on the youtube live stream, we would love to encourage you to buy a copy of essential labor online using the link in the live stream description. All right. So with all that in mind we are so very excited to introduce angela garvis and gross who are here celebrating their the release of angelas newest book essential labor mothering as social change. In essential labor angela examines our society and the increasingly Important Role that caregivers play whether they are mothers healthcare workers or oftentimes both drawing from both personal contacts as a first generation filipinoamerican and global context as a woman dealing with motherhood during a global pandemic. Angela reminds us of the true irrefutable power of mothers and caregivers and explores the the ra
Delivers a compassionate and insightful Group Portrait of singular men and women who spoke out on lgbtq issues womens rights civil rights and the environment in the 1950s, not the complacent era that we all think it is. So tonight jamess conversation partner is writer daniel okrent. And before i introduce the two of them. I just have a few quick notes for you first while the book is not released for a few more weeks. This is kind of a sneak peek. You can preorder it and we will put a link in the chat to the website of a local brooklyn bookstore the Community Bookstore so that you can do that if you so desire with just a couple of clicks. Second like all of our talks you have the option tonight to use closed captioning that features that the bottom of your screen life transcript and finally i want to invite you all to share your questions tonight for james type them throughout the program into the q a box at the bottom of your screen and dan will will take as many of them as he has time
In february 8th is titled, the 50s, and underground history. Im gonna tell you a little bit about what Publishers Weekly says. It says this revisionist history is packed with insights, it goes on to say that gains delivers a compassionate, insightful Group Portrait of singular men and women who spoke out on lgbtq issues, womens rights, civil rights and the environment in the 1950s. Not the complacent area that we all maybe think it is. Tonight, the partners writer daniel and before i introduce it to them, i have a quick notes for you. First, while the book is not really for a few more, weeks its a sneak peek. You can preorder it and we will put a link, to a local brooklyn bookstore, the community bookstore, so you couldnt do that if you desire with just a couple of clicks. Second, and like all of our talks you have the option tonight to use close captioning, that features at the bottom of your screen. And finally, i want to invite you all to share your questions tonight for james, type