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Local Community Researcher, A. Leon Herbert, hosts a short presentation discussing the features and history of the First Black Wall Street.
This presentation will be followed by a question and answer session.
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Author Anthony M. Sammarco discusses his upcoming nonfiction book, The Christmas Tree Shops: Don’t You Just Love a Bargain?
The Christmas Tree Shops was not just an icon of New England, it was a destination with stores that boasted a…
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Author Danielle Legros Georges discusses her upcoming book, Three Leaves, Three Roots: Poems on the Haiti-Congo Story. Grounded in personal and social histories, Three Leaves, Three Roots (which will be published on Janury 25,…
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Join us at the Jamaica Plain Branch Library for an author talk with local, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Jayne Anne Phillips, as she reads excerpts from her new book, Night Watch. She will answer questions from attendees and copies of her…
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Join Ra' ShyAlah Sakura the Poet in celebration of their newest book release, Immensely Loving You. Enjoy the creation of a conscious conversation through the Cypher of the Bricks of Brick City.
Immensely Loving You is a…
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Join author and photographer Heather Pillar for a presentation about her book Memento Morrie: Images of Love and Loss.
Morrie was the wise professor featured in the best-selling 1997 memoir Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch…
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Join us for an online author talk with Addie L. Robinson as she discusses her 2023 nonfiction book, A Queen Like Me: From Rags to Riches.A Queen Like Me: From Rags to Riches has been specifically and strategically designed…
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Join us in welcoming renown local author Stephen Puleo as he discusses his groundbreaking biography of the civil right hero Charles Sumner.
In the tempestuous mid-19th century, as slavery consumed Congressional debate and America…
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Join us to hear author David Krell as he covers a once prominent but often overlooked figure in the development of Boston’s baseball devotion. The Boston Public Library has a treasure trove of photographs that once belonged to McGreevy, a…
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