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Frances E.W. Harper Literary Society of The Newark Public Library
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The Frances E.W. Harper Literary Society celebrates 21 years at The Newark Public Library (1987-2008)!
The Frances E.W. Harper Literary Society meets in the James Brown African American Room the first Wednesday of each month, September to June, from 6:30 to 8:00pm, unless otherwise noted. For more information call 973-733-5411.
Dorothea M. Moore, Chairperson
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2007-2008 Schedule of Events
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Open Registration
James Brown African American Room
12:00 - 1:00 pm
September 19, 2007
Remembering "Separate but Equal" and Brown v. Board of Education
Film Program and Discussion: Ruby Bridges
October 3, 2007
Science Fiction
In Memory of Octavia E.Butler
Fledgling
October 13, 2007
Spoken Word Celebration
Memorial Program in recognition of Halim Suliman
Centennial Hall
1:00 pm
November 7, 2007
Not Easily Broken: A Novel
by T.D. Jakes
December 5, 2007
A Hand To Guide Me
by Denzel Washington with Daniel Paisner
January 2008
Happy New Year!
No scheduled meeting
February 6, 2008
Celebrating Black History Month
Remembering Their Voices (Staged Reading)
W.E.B. DuBois, Shirley Chisholm, Harriet Tubman, James Baldwin, Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Slave Narrative (Voices)
Centennial Hall
March 5, 2008
Celebrating Women's History Month
The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir
by Victoria Rowell
Centennial Hall
April 16, 2008
Celebrating National Poetry Month
In Memory of Sekuo Sundita
In Memory of Yictove
Fourth Floor Auditorium
May 7, 2008
And I Haven’t Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress
by Charles B. Rangel with Leon Wynter
June 4, 2008
Celebrating the Black Diaspora
Kofi Annan : A Man of Peace in a World of War
by Stanley Meisler
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