Broward County Library Director, Allison Grubbs, will discuss "Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer" during this conversation.
Broward County Library Director, Allison Grubbs, will lead a discussion on "Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer" by Kate Larson. "Fannie Lou Hamer was a social justice pioneer and civil rights activist from the Mississippi Delta. She was born the 20th child in a family that had lived in the Mississippi Delta for generations, first as enslaved people and then as sharecroppers. She left school at 12 to pick cotton, as those before her had done, in a world in which white supremacy was an unassailable citadel. She was subjected without her consent to an operation that deprived her of children. And she was denied the most basic of all rights in America―the right to cast a ballot―in a state in which Blacks constituted nearly half the population. And so Fannie Lou Hamer lifted up her voice. Starting in the early 1960s and until her death in 1977, she was an irresistible force, not merely joining the swelling wave of change brought by civil rights but keeping it in motion."
Bio: Dr. Kate Clifford Larson is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of three critically acclaimed biographies: Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero; Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter; and The Assassin's Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln. After earning BA and MA degrees from Simmons University and an MBA from Northeastern University in Boston, Larson earned a doctorate in American History at the University of New Hampshire, specializing in 19th and 20th century U.S. Women's and African American history. She has consulted on feature film scripts—including Focus Features' Harriet starring prize-winning Cynthia Erivo and Robert Redford's The Conspirator—documentaries, museum exhibits, Virtual and Augmented Reality, curriculum guides, public history initiatives, tour guides, and numerous publications. Her award-winning consulting work includes Maryland's Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State and National Historical Park, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway and All-American Road, and the Harriet Tubman Home in Auburn, NY. Dr. Larson has appeared on local, national and international television including the BBC, PBS, and C-Span, cable networks and most recently CBS Sunday Morning. She is frequently interviewed by local, national, and international radio programs and media outlets.
AGE GROUP: | New Adults | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Online/Virtual | In-person | Discussion/Lecture | Clubs & Groups | Books |
TAGS: | Differences We Share |
Mon, Apr 15 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Tue, Apr 16 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Wed, Apr 17 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Thu, Apr 18 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Fri, Apr 19 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sat, Apr 20 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sun, Apr 21 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |