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Waxahachie Daily Light
On Saturday, a book signing was held at the Ellis County African American Hall of Fame Museum and Library for Dr. Jamal Rasheed’s new book, Nightmare at the Lorraine Motel - Where do we go from there? .
The event took place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with people coming in and out throughout the day. As people came for the book, some were able to tour the historical building for the very first time.
Nancy Post, a local resident, purchased the new read.
“I know Dr. Rasheed, and he’s just done amazing work in Waxahachie with the museum, and some of the monuments for veterans in the cemetery, and cleaning up Hall cemetery, and the memorial to the people who died in the truck accident in 1947,” Post said. “He’s got kids working and writing . I think it’s very exciting that he’s got kids involved in writing. And it’s encouraging to them to think they can publish something, and it gives them an incentive to keep writing and keep doing things lik
Waxahachie Daily Light
This Saturday, Dr. Jamal Rasheed, teacher and CEO of the Ellis County African American Hall of Fame Museum and Library, will hold a book signing for his new work, Nightmare at the Lorraine Motel - Where do we go from there?
The book signing will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the museum, located at 441 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Waxahachie.
According to Rasheed, The central themes of the book’s messages were that of hope. In this, his last book, King reflects upon the Civil Rights Movement. He discusses the question of what African-Americans should do with their new freedoms. He concludes that all Americans must unite in order to fight opinion and the social problems of this country such as poverty, employment, education and injustice to create an equality of opportunity. King emphasized that he advocates for a united social movement that would act within both the Republican and Democratic parties. In my opinion the night of April