The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library will host two authors who wrote books that share insight into Black history and racial justice. The free events will take place in accordance with Black History Month and the library s goal of continuing conversations surrounding racial issues.
Ben Montgomery, author of four books including the New York Times bestseller Grandma Gatewood s Walk, will host a discussion at 7 p.m. Jan. 28 about his new book, A Shot in the Moonlight: How a Freed Slave and a Confederate Soldier Fought for Justice in the Jim Crow South.
A second virtual event will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 9 with author Frederick Gooding, who wrote Black Oscars: From Mammy to Minny, What the Academy Awards Tell Us About African Americans.