Professor Jocelyn Simonson talks about her book, Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People Are Dismantling Mass Incarceration. Beginning with a close look at the […]
Auburn Prison and the Murder that Shocked America with Robin Bernstein
Professor Robin Bernstein discusses her book, Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder that Shook America’s Original Prison For Profit. Auburn Prison in Upstate New York was designed […]
Black Joy in YA
This post is all about Black Joy in YA books! These are both new and slightly older titles that focus on the joys found in […]
Library revises PEACE Park budget and timeline
At its Monday, February 19, meeting, the Heights Libraries board of trustees approved an updated budget and timeline for the PEACE Park playground renovation. The […]
The Matchmakers Celebrate Black History Month with Fiction Titles
The Matchmakers team celebrates the heritage and contributions of Black Americans by focusing on fiction titles that further our understanding of these experiences. Here are […]
Slave Hospitals with Stephen Kenny
Professor Stephen Kenny discusses his article, “A Dictate of Both Interest and Mercy”: Slave Hospitals in the Antebellum South.” Beginning on the shores of West […]
Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum with Antonia Hylton
Antonia Hylton discusses her book, Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum. Ms. Hylton’s extensive research into Crownsville Hospital in Maryland, a segregated […]
Tragedy to Triumph: Heartbreaking Memoirs That Point Toward Hope
I happen to find tragic memoirs compelling, especially those that end on a note of hope or the promise of redemption. Three memoirs I’ve read recently […]