Brown Bag Book Clubs at Main Library -- Non-Fiction
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Join us to discuss -- Crazy, With the Papers to Prove It: Stories About the Most Unusual, Eccentric & Outlandish People I've Known in Four Decades as a Sports Writer by Dan Coughlin
The Contradictions of Fair Hope highlights a long-forgotten and fascinating aspect of American history when newly freed slaves responded to the shock of Emancipation by forming “self-help” organizations called benevolent societies to help ease the transition from slavery to freedom.