BRATTLEBORO-In celebration of African American History month, Brooks Memorial Library and the Windham County NAACP are co-sponsoring "A Legacy of Courage: Poetry and Book Readings" for the whole community on Saturday, Feb. 28, at 2 p.m., featuring the words of poets and writers over the last 200 years.
"We will hear the powerful words of Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., June Jordan, Howard Thurman, Nikki Giovanni, and many more," said organizers in a news release. "We invite you to join us and if you have a favorite poem or reading, please bring to share! In these challenging times, we look to these activists, abolitionists, poets and writers whose words can strengthen our resolve and offer us vision to continue on, helping to bend the arc of the universe toward justice."
In words attributed toSojourner Truth, "Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life's light to be determined by the darkness around me."
The Windham County Vermont Branch of the NAACP is dedicated to serving the needs and promoting the social, economic, political, and inter-personal power of people of color and their allies living in our county.
Brooks Memorial Library is located at 224 Main St., and is accessible to wheelchair users. For more information, contact the library at 802-254-5290 or visit brookslibraryvt.org.
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