Exploring the Complexity of Racism

Julie Weiss will lead a book discussion of Gilbert King's "Devil in the Grove" a true account of Thurgood Marshall's 1949 defense of 4 young black men accused of raping a white woman in Florida. Ms. Weiss lives in Eliot and is a hospice social worker, historian, writer, editor, educational consultant, former teacher at UNH and Middlesex Community College. She developed curriculum and instructional materials for K-12 classrooms on American history and a statewide civil rights history project. This program is part of a series of book and film discussions that is made possible by the Maine Humanities Council, the York Diversity Forum, United Methodist Church of York-Ogunquit, and the York Public Library. All books in the series will be available from the Library and through the Minerva system. Space may be limited. Please register at the Library. 207-363-2818.