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Frances E.W. Harper Literary Society of The Newark Public Library
Celebrating 25 years at the Newark Public Library (since 1987)
Dorothea M. Moore, Chairperson
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Monthly meetings will be:
The first Wednesday of each month, unless otherwise noted. September to June.
Main Library – James Brown African American Room
5 Washington Street
unless otherwise noted.
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September 8, 2012
11:00am – 1:00pm
Centennial Hall
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Talk and Book Signing: Lloyd Strayhorn, author of Numbers and You: A Numerology Guide for Everyday Living.
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September 26, 2012
6:30pm
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The Blessing of the Bones (film)
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October 3, 2012
6:30pm
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The Fire Next Time, by James Baldwin (Book Discussion)
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November 7, 2012
**CANCELED**
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Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation, by Deborah Davis (Book Discussion)
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December 5, 2012
6:30pm
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The New Black Politician: Cory Booker, Newark and Post-Racial America, by Andra Gillespie (Book Discussion)
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January 2012
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No scheduled meeting
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February 6, 2013
6:30pm
Auditorium
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Celebrating Black History Month
Guest to be announced |
March 6, 2013
6:30pm
Centennial Hall
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Celebrating Josephine Baker and Women's History Month
Performing Artist and Civil Rights Activist Angeline Butler "Speaks Out" for Josephine Baker 50 Years After The March on Washington
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April 3, 2013
6:30pm
Centennial Hall
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Celebrating National Poetry Month
A Tribute to Louis Reyes Rivera
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May 1, 2013
6:30pm
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander (Book Discussion)
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June 5, 2013
6:30pm
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Facing Mount Kenya: The Traditional, by Jomo Kenyatta (Book Discussion)
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For more information call 973-733-5411.
All programs are book discussions, unless otherwise noted.
Some of these books may be at other libraries and can be requested
through our Interlibrary Services Department.
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