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Presented By: RACE TALKS: Uniting to Break the Chains of Racism
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, A Black Family Keepsake, by Dr. Tiya Miles
Books + Conversations
WHO
Photo by Tobi Hollander, in Tiya’s former “old” house, Ann Arbor, MI, 2018
Dr. Tiya Miles is the American historian, Professor of History at Harvard University, and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
Tiya is the award-winning author of All That She Carried, winner of the 2021 National Book Award for Non-Fiction, and The Dawn of Detroit, winner of the Frederick Douglass Book Prize. Learn more about Tiya and books she’s authored.
Her research explores the intersections of African American, Native American, and women’s histories and her research includes African American and Native American interrelated and comparative histories (especially 19th century); Black, Native, and U.S. women’s histories; and African American and Native American women’s literature. She is a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “Genius Award” Fellowship (2011-2016).
March 2022 Books + Conversations
For our first RACE TALKS Books + Conversations, we will be reading All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, A Black Family Keepsake by Dr. Tiya Miles. Michelle Lewis, co-owner of Third Eye Books, Oregon’s only Black-owned brick-and-mortar bookstore in Oregon, will moderate the discussion with Dr. Miles. Following their discussion, there will be a 15 minute Q&A, and afterward, we will break out into our RACE TALKS facilitated discussion groups to discuss the program.
Purchase All That She Carried through Third Eye Books, Oregon’s only Black-owned brick-and-mortar book store. Use the code RACETALKS2022 at checkout for a discount.
About Books + Conversations
The RACE TALKS Books + Conversations is an opportunity to participate in a book group facilitated by RACE TALKS: Uniting the Break the Chains of Racism. In-person or virtual participation may vary based on COVID protocols. Sign-up is offered quarterly and tickets will include the purchase of that month’s featured book. Books + Conversations are partnering exclusively with Third Eye Books.
For the past 11 years, RACE TALKS has offered a monthly community program. Each month a panel, usually comprised primarily of People of Color, is invited to discuss “a Historical or Contemporary Experience through the lens of RACE and RACISM.” From these discussions, we’re hoping to start a life-long dialogue between groups of people who generally talk about each other, but not to each other.
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