From Cleveland Public Library:
Our Juneteenth festivities kick off Saturday, June 12 at 12 p.m. with a candid conversation about owning your future in Black America with Columbia University associate professor and author John McWhorter and author and podcaster Coleman Hughes. Registration is now open on cpl.org for this virtual event. McWhorter’s latest book, Nine Nasty Words, will be given to attendees on a first-come, first-served basis.

In addition to Nine Nasty Words, McWhorter has written more than a dozen books including The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language, Losing the Race: Self Sabotage in Black America, and Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English. He also wrote an essay on policing the “N-word.”

Hughes writes about race, public policy, and applied ethics and hosts the podcast Conversations with Coleman. In June 2019, Hughes testified before Congress regarding the question of slavery reparations in hearings before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary.

Website:
https://cpl.org/commemorate-juneteenth-with-a-week-of-events-at-cleveland-public-library/

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Phone:
(216) 623-2800

Ticketing Information:
Cost: FREE
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