Thursday, September 29, 2011

Great Michigan Read

Hackley Public Library is a proud partner with the Michigan Humanities Council in bringing you this year's Great Michigan Read.

This year's book is Arc of Justice 

Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age is a masterful recounting of a landmark historical event, culminating in an epic legal battle that helped lay the foundation of the civil rights movement. In 1925, African American physician Ossian Sweet purchased a home in a white neighborhood in Detroit. Determined to protect his family and property, Sweet chose to defend himself from the mob organized to drive him out. Arc of Justice provides essential historical background as Americans continue to confront issues of tolerance and equality.

Stop by HPL to check out this book!  We will be hosting a discussion of the book on November 14 at 6:30 pm, led by Clayton Hardiman and Joe Schulze.  

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