Book Club: African American Legacy

Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Tuesday, 5/13/2025
6:00 - 7:00
Virtual Library

United States

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Focused on books that discuss our history in a journey towards the discovery of our ancestors.  

The group will meet on Zoom on alternating months on the second Tuesday of the month. 

This month's book: Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

These stories tackle urgent instances of racism and cultural unrest, and explore the many ways we fight for humanity in an unforgiving world.

This program is in partnership with the San Francisco African American Historical and Cultural Society.

Book Clubs

Read, discuss ideas and connect through the many book clubs hosted by SFPL.

More Than a Month: Black Interest

Connect to engaging discussions and performances related to the Black community.

More Than a Month recognizes important events in Black history, honors community and national leaders and fosters steps towards collective change. Programming features authors, poets and craft classes. 

Spotlight

This program is sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

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This program will be conducted in English unless otherwise noted.

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