Let's Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War

A reading and discussion series in America's libraries

Tuesdays on March 20, April 3, April 17, May 1 & May 15 at 7 p.m. 

Join us as we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War with a five-part reading and discussion series led by Dr. Roy Finkenbine of the University of Detroit-Mercy.   

March

March
by Geraldine Brooks

 

Crossroads of Freedom

Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam
by James McPherson

 

  America's War

America's War: Talking About the Civil War and Emancipation on their 150th Anniversaries
edited by Edward L. Ayers

Copies of all three titles are available to series participants for check out from the Library. 

To register or for additional information, contact Matt Church at 248-554-4682 or matt.church@baldwinlib.org.

Presented by the Baldwin Public Library at 300 West Merrill Street in downtown Birmingham.

Co-sponsored by the Birmingham Historical Museum & Park and the Oakland County Historical Commission.  

The Friends of the Birmingham Historical Museum & Park have generously offered a one-year membership to anyone who completes the series. 

To mark the conclusion of the “Let’s Talk About It” series, participants will be invited to a special event to take place at the Birmingham Historical Museum & Park.



Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War, a reading and discussion series, has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association.

   

  



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