Great Michigan Read 2011-2012
GREAT
MICHIGAN  READ
2011-2012

Great Michigan Read
  Events for Jan. 2012 About the Book Events for Fall 2011 Author Tour
January 6-25, 2012 WE DON'T WANT THEM exhibit on housing discrimination, complimenting ARC OF JUSTICE by Kevin Boyle.  
In the Huron Mountain Club Gallery during library hours
Monday, Jan. 16 ARE YOU MY NEIGHBOR Panel Discussion - Part 1 - Current Issues
7:00 pm in the Community Room
Tuesday, Jan. 24 ARE YOU MY NEIGHBOR Panel Discussion - Part 2 - Historic Issues
7:00 pm in the Community Room
Thursday, Jan. 26 Documentary Film: A TIME FOR BURNING
7:00 pm in the Community Room

Sunday, Oct. 23 Meet Kevin Boyle, Author of ARC OF JUSTICE: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
2:00 p.m. in the Community Room
Monday, Oct. 24 Documentary Film: FREEDOM RIDERS
7:00 p.m. in the Community Room
Thursday, Oct. 27 An Evening with Dave & Pat Mair, Civil Rights Activists
7:00 p.m. in the Community Room
Thursday, Nov. 3 Community Book Discussion - ARC OF JUSTICE
7:00 p.m. in the Shiras Room (on the top floor)
Tuesday, Nov. 8 An Exploration of Early Jazz with NMU "Faculty & Friends" Jazz Combo
7:00 p.m. in the Community Room
Thursday, Nov. 10 Struggle for Civil Rights with Alan Willis, NMU Professor of History
7:00 p.m. in the Community Room


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