Bookworm #75 - Author Conversation with Robin Bernstein "Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit"Contrary to popular belief, prison for profit originated in the North, not the South, long before the Civil War and the passage of the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution (which outlawed involuntary servitude "except as a […]

Bookworm #76 - Author Conversation with Laura Helton "Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History"In this talk, Laura Helton will discuss her recent book, Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History. This book tells the story of a remarkable generation of early twentieth-century bibliophiles, librarians, […]

Join us later this month over Zoom for a discussion with Kimberly Hamlin regarding her most recent book "Free Thinker: Sex, Suffrage, and the Extraordinary Life of Helen Hamilton Gardener."