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Help Me to Find My People
Thu, Feb 04
|FORCE Reading & Discussion via Zoom
Start the month off right by participating in FORCE's Reading and Discussion Forums. This month, we've chosen the book: Help Me to Find My People. We'll discuss the Epilogue and examine the presented lived experiences of Blacks trying to reunite with their families after emancipation.
Time & Location
Feb 04, 2021, 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM
FORCE Reading & Discussion via Zoom
Guests
About the event
When we talk about what we read with others in our community, something special happens.  We've chosen four books from which to examine stories and excerpts of lived experiences of Blacks in the US. These experiences range from first person narratives of formerly enslaved people; stories of methods employed to search for family members after emancipation; a memoir detailing one woman's search to unravel family history mysteries; and a pictorial representation of Black lives in Syracuse, NY. Each of these books have the potential to lead to powerful discussions.
- January 7, 2021 Â Â Â Â My Folks Don't Want Me to Talk About Slavery (Belinda Hurmence)Â
- February 4, 2021 Â Â Help me to Find My People (Heather Andrea Williams)Â
- March 4, 2021       Tracing Their Steps: A Memoir (Bernice Alexander Bennett)Â
- April 1, 2021          Syracuse African Americans (Barbara Sheklin Davis)Â
Sign up early. Â There are a limited number of books available to loan. Â