Read and Watch Group discussion

We are excited for our selections for November!

Read: "And Still I Rise: Black America Since MLK" by Henry L. Gates & Kevin M. Burke

Scholar and author Henry Louis Gates Jr. will examine the five decades of African-American history since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

In an interview, Gates said the series is framed around this question: "If Malcolm X and Martin Luther King woke up and they asked you, 'What's happened since I died?,' what would you tell them and how would you describe it?"

One central focus will be the class division that has emerged among African Americans in recent decades, which Gates described as his inspiration for developing the show. He described a "paradoxical outcome" among black Americans since the Civil Rights movement, with the emergence of "the largest black upper middle class in history, but at the same time the percentage of black children living at or beneath the poverty line is almost exactly what it was the day Martin Luther King was killed."


Watch: "Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise" airing Nov 15 and 22 at 7PM

We will continue to hold a discussion here! Let us know what your thoughts are while reading and watching. Weller Book Works will continue to offer 10% off the purchase of the book this month for the group!

Watch a video preview of, "Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS4EM....