From learning about the past to celebrating current leaders and trying to create new historical moments, the Benton Harbor Public Library has Black History
"The Woman King" (PG-13, 2 hours, 15 minutes, DVD) Viola Davis stars in this historical epic based on the real-life Agojie woman warriors of the Dahomey Kingdom who battled for freedom from slavery in 19th-century West Africa.
Invoking history is always compelling when couched in fictional narrative the type Nike Campbell has rendered in her recently released novel Saro, an inter-section of family and global historical narrative.