Levi E. Coe Library: Community Conversations–Brown Girl Dreaming Book Discussion

Press release from the Levi E Coe Library:

August 9, 2021

Thursday, August 26th at 7 PM on Zoom. Join us in discussing Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson. Presented by the Middlefield-Durham Racial Justice Team in partnership with the Durham & Levi E. Coe Libraries. To register, email: levicoelibraryjess@gmail.com.

Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown Girl Dreaming is the autobiography of her childhood, told in verse. She reflects on growing up as an African American in South Carolina and New York in the 1960s and 1970s with the vestiges of Jim Crow and the influence of the Civil Rights movement as she finds her passion for writing.

Brown Girl Dreaming is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2014 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature and the 2015 Coretta Scott King Book Award.

This press release was produced by the Levi E Coe Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.