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Richardson Dilworth @ Philadelphia City Institute


AUTHOR EVENT: 
Tue, Jun 6th, 5:30 pm -- 7:00 pm ET
Philadelphia City Institute
1905 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-5730

Copies of Reforming Philadelphia, 1682⁠–⁠2022 will be available for purchase. This event is free, in-person and open to the public.


Finished Business

My Fifty Years of Headlines, Heroes, and Heartaches
Ray Didinger

READ: an article about the current production of his play, Tommy and Me, at the Bucks County Playhouse through June 17 in the Philadelphia Inquirer (May 31)


Richard III’s Bodies from Medieval England to Modernity

Shakespeare and Disability History
Jeffrey R. Wilson

READ AN EXCERPT: published in the Folger Library's blog, Shakespeare & Beyond (May 23)



BLAM! Black Lives Always Mattered!

Hidden African American Philadelphia of the Twentieth Century
Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
Foreword by Lonnie G. Bunch III

AUTHOR EVENT:
Tue, Jun 13th, 5:30 pm -- 7:00 pm ET
Philadelphia City Institute
1905 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-5730

Meet Diane Turner and Eric Battle at the Philadelphia City Institute.

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This graphic novel is a project produced by the Charles L. Blockson collection at Temple University. Copies of the book will be available for purchase. This event is free, in-person and open to the public.


A Refugee’s American Dream

From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to the U.S. Secret Service
Leth Oun and Joe Samuel Starnes

AUTHOR EVENT:
Wed, June 28th, 7:00 pm ET
Mullica Hill Branch, Gloucester County Library
389 Wolfert Station Rd, Mullica Hill, NJ 08062

WATCH: author interview on the SEA4 podcast on May 30.

VISIT lethounbook.com for more events.



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