The Urban Life Experience Book Discussion continued today, Saturday, May 18, 2019 by discussing Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies by Dick Gregory. There were nine of us on Saturday and two of the participants were first-timers. One participant brought her great-grandson who was a first grader and extremely cute. His presence provided us an opportunity to describe the contents of the book without using some of the words or mentioning some of the topics Mr. Gregory presented. Instead of restricting our conversation, this actually enhanced our conversation, forcing us to be creative in our tone and language. This was Dick Gregory’s last book and in fact he had already passed away when the book came on the market. We all agreed that this would be a great book for a young person who had no knowledge of African American History. The book details The Middle Passage, Nat Turner, Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, Eli Whitney, The Dred Sco...
The Urban Life Experience Book Discussion Series meets approximately once every six weeks at the Courtland S. Wilson Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library in New Haven, CT.