Summer reading suggestions…for what’s left of this summer…. > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Slave Legacy History Coalition > <[email protected]> > Subject: Your Summer Reading List + Don’t Miss Tonight’s Author Talk! > Date: July 16, 2025 at 3:29:12 PM EDT > To: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > > > SLHC Summer Reading List > > We’re taking a little break this summer and will be back with our speaker > series on September 10th. In the meantime, we’ve put together a summer > reading list full of powerful stories about history, memory, and legacy. > > And if you’re looking for more before then, check out a special > online author talk > <https://5fpchmebb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ptniCUrPPEtaNarNZCHpa5mu388PlDjPe-mG8Q0UGYkkK1rKkCVq7tO_A8E5xUoFaEZKB1MAIvoyaFFgHkarrj6wUHQpLykk_nWL8udsPhPq9TE0b-Bepv2xiKZPz9ba_pFZRy7n_c4YAH_BdO90g3DxZJ0_ycbKK_7jdPvfvonsVNsxdRvNteoBQX5z5GGXtITBY0Ru__DobN4Ku7dOfQTOqAFcxxLsKzgSHo4az4-YxFHXG094nfUeiYqrxbhpqb2Z3KPWf5SdF1dYXO1mWqFva5D1wRbxcS0IVYZOUBFbfQyhsmvtfw==&c=NNMJmQefNDCbnvkdptpnng7E4ReyJaIIoqtui1UAoR2ZJkqwI6qB0w==&ch=r7JZIAtcgPJU-sGHska28YAM9rFU13NT5FJEJ1AtITddd9zj3HCBZg==> > with our friends at Old North Illuminated on July 16th! You'll find all the > details below. Happy reading! > > > > > > Black Women Legacies: Public History Sites Seen and Unseen by Alexandria > Russell > > Join Old North Illuminated online for a special author talk with Dr. > Alexandria Russell on July 16th 7:00-8:30 PM EST! She will explore how > Phillis Wheatley became the most memorialized Black woman of the Jim Crow > era, revealing the powerful legacy behind public history sites dedicated to > her story. > > Register for the event > <https://5fpchmebb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ptniCUrPPEtaNarNZCHpa5mu388PlDjPe-mG8Q0UGYkkK1rKkCVq7tO_A8E5xUoFaEZKB1MAIvoyaFFgHkarrj6wUHQpLykk_nWL8udsPhPq9TE0b-Bepv2xiKZPz9ba_pFZRy7n_c4YAH_BdO90g3DxZJ0_ycbKK_7jdPvfvonsVNsxdRvNteoBQX5z5GGXtITBY0Ru__DobN4Ku7dOfQTOqAFcxxLsKzgSHo4az4-YxFHXG094nfUeiYqrxbhpqb2Z3KPWf5SdF1dYXO1mWqFva5D1wRbxm7pEWUGVoZ2-cecUqB1dMA==&c=NNMJmQefNDCbnvkdptpnng7E4ReyJaIIoqtui1UAoR2ZJkqwI6qB0w==&ch=r7JZIAtcgPJU-sGHska28YAM9rFU13NT5FJEJ1AtITddd9zj3HCBZg==> > > Learn more about the book > <https://5fpchmebb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ptniCUrPPEtaNarNZCHpa5mu388PlDjPe-mG8Q0UGYkkK1rKkCVq7tO_A8E5xUoFpeMIqiHZrjVu0JYrhbk98RW6NmvYS-QfjEmsg8pjL8hKXk31GTft_Yt3JaTEs9EA7R9EE-8hUjDz2_5aah_y_cSvhaA9vkLF6odlPMXoSvA=&c=NNMJmQefNDCbnvkdptpnng7E4ReyJaIIoqtui1UAoR2ZJkqwI6qB0w==&ch=r7JZIAtcgPJU-sGHska28YAM9rFU13NT5FJEJ1AtITddd9zj3HCBZg==> > > > Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging by Tara > Roberts > > One woman’s epic journey to trace the global slave trade across the Atlantic > Ocean in this searing memoir for fans of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and Jesmyn > Ward’s Men We Reaped. > > > Learn more about the book and upcoming tour dates > <https://5fpchmebb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ptniCUrPPEtaNarNZCHpa5mu388PlDjPe-mG8Q0UGYkkK1rKkCVq7tO_A8E5xUoFDHlDkHlx0IpLZPiyi3ZthOFW_uWodySfn0AXg1gYgIh1F0nwOkh52OazYZSia_6giFzbUoj5NAPnR17HSwtcA-yXYYSGwyi2eC3m0GwaGb21OOUsB4E8Fg==&c=NNMJmQefNDCbnvkdptpnng7E4ReyJaIIoqtui1UAoR2ZJkqwI6qB0w==&ch=r7JZIAtcgPJU-sGHska28YAM9rFU13NT5FJEJ1AtITddd9zj3HCBZg==> > > > Empire of Cotton: A Global History by Sven Beckert > > Winner of the Bancroft Prize and a Pulitzer Prize finalist that’s as > unsettling as it is enlightening: a book that brilliantly weaves together the > story of cotton with how the present global world came to exist. > > “Masterly … An astonishing achievement.” —The New York Times > > Learn More > <https://5fpchmebb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ptniCUrPPEtaNarNZCHpa5mu388PlDjPe-mG8Q0UGYkkK1rKkCVq7tO_A8E5xUoF4LpZQMlseK7xb-rtjzfgKZE1J_XjeNFx-ay-Y_js5TSTUUQ-W3phwQ8Xk9PXxCdH1i7gIJK91wvllQ1tXkUvJXTohQoGtvn-&c=NNMJmQefNDCbnvkdptpnng7E4ReyJaIIoqtui1UAoR2ZJkqwI6qB0w==&ch=r7JZIAtcgPJU-sGHska28YAM9rFU13NT5FJEJ1AtITddd9zj3HCBZg==> > > > Dividing the Faith: The Rise of Segregated Churches in the Early American > North by Richard Boles > > "A comparative analysis of African American and Native American peoples’ > participation in white churches, Boles’s study encourages us to reconsider > the conflicting politics of history and memory; specifically, how the social > and cultural views of subsequent generations of Americans have distorted the > assorted nature of the past." ~American Religion > > Learn More > <https://5fpchmebb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ptniCUrPPEtaNarNZCHpa5mu388PlDjPe-mG8Q0UGYkkK1rKkCVq7tO_A8E5xUoFsbbCHLSUtr24b7OgmrAQkwvSUR-lZmFuzkMEQmktgs6tTx9_mTW08WZGWc9RZ0NlN8v14e7wacyLGSmLrnUuAM_6l2XWcADJbc9ZczJvfj7SjL8HwwRJkiagFSMLFEi4wC346cB90_E=&c=NNMJmQefNDCbnvkdptpnng7E4ReyJaIIoqtui1UAoR2ZJkqwI6qB0w==&ch=r7JZIAtcgPJU-sGHska28YAM9rFU13NT5FJEJ1AtITddd9zj3HCBZg==> > > > COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the > Civil War by Edda Fields-Black > > 2025 Pulitzer Prize Winner > > The first detailed account of one of the most dramatic episodes of the Civil > War, and the central part Harriet Tubman played in it. > > Learn More > <https://5fpchmebb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ptniCUrPPEtaNarNZCHpa5mu388PlDjPe-mG8Q0UGYkkK1rKkCVq7tO_A8E5xUoF2gA4ZKP9SYXwQu0q6aRwR2NAIVjvShUoLEkkqIWSTENkYia6ssQjU_aEEFXCVayqRMREIJy1Ghf0M4oSGTHXDAliGnRURbxR&c=NNMJmQefNDCbnvkdptpnng7E4ReyJaIIoqtui1UAoR2ZJkqwI6qB0w==&ch=r7JZIAtcgPJU-sGHska28YAM9rFU13NT5FJEJ1AtITddd9zj3HCBZg==> > > > Belonging: An Intimate History of Slavery and Family in Early New England by > Gloria Whiting > > Book proceeds help support the Darby Vassall Fund for the Study of Slavery > > "Interweaving deep data-mining with vivid story-telling, Gloria McCahon > Whiting brilliantly limns the intimate lives, sorrows, and activism of > Afro-New Englanders who belonged to one another but also to enslavers. An > innovative and very important book."—Cornelia Hughes Dayton, co-author of > Robert Love's Warnings: Searching for Strangers in Colonial Boston > > Learn More > <https://5fpchmebb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ptniCUrPPEtaNarNZCHpa5mu388PlDjPe-mG8Q0UGYkkK1rKkCVq7hKeYkNCn0s3hdDhfZgzTdjmKnka9bTlny1QxxRxztUV-Pl_tGVdoUoi2fcP_lJ8Ng3z6zC3KWJB2VhPF3qw61Pnls67JX205u36slMbpg8YnFHdMUnnxIMCXwIukul3zXIR4lSw_P9k&c=NNMJmQefNDCbnvkdptpnng7E4ReyJaIIoqtui1UAoR2ZJkqwI6qB0w==&ch=r7JZIAtcgPJU-sGHska28YAM9rFU13NT5FJEJ1AtITddd9zj3HCBZg==> > > > > "Payne-ful Business" Charleston's Journey to Truth > > Winner of the Phillis Wheatley Book Award. > > “Payne-ful” Business: Charleston’s Journey to Truth follows Margaret > Seidler’s mission to learn and process her family’s genealogical past. Using > extensive research and personal experience, Seidler discusses the realities > of Charleston’s racial history while highlighting the historians, > journalists, and community members who work to reconcile those truths. > > The book features authentic, historic slave advertisements brought to life by > vivid paintings by artist John W. Jones that uncover the humanity hidden > beneath the detached advertisement descriptions. Seidler hopes that > acknowledging a more complete truth about our past will motivate us to bridge > today’s racial divide. > > Learn More > <https://5fpchmebb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ptniCUrPPEtaNarNZCHpa5mu388PlDjPe-mG8Q0UGYkkK1rKkCVq7tO_A8E5xUoFON3sWiYQr86HB7c4S0KV4DSdhArQSef_2Hyv9gJHnj8BOsysUlKrjz0ooMQRigcHPTeFZmTJAE05NNNRSMs0BxSXAYiAGaXU&c=NNMJmQefNDCbnvkdptpnng7E4ReyJaIIoqtui1UAoR2ZJkqwI6qB0w==&ch=r7JZIAtcgPJU-sGHska28YAM9rFU13NT5FJEJ1AtITddd9zj3HCBZg==> > > Visit our website > <https://5fpchmebb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ptniCUrPPEtaNarNZCHpa5mu388PlDjPe-mG8Q0UGYkkK1rKkCVq7lU686MnA4JL_hGC_e9iqCyZekOS9jPnwD45xOf4cQbxOktWaRtxJNE4eJ1QqnN266a7Rd-IaUseeH-Tqafl1SEDAbv0-2K5rkEkorPay7XsVJxK5njcE6U9B4XVy5XeFQ==&c=NNMJmQefNDCbnvkdptpnng7E4ReyJaIIoqtui1UAoR2ZJkqwI6qB0w==&ch=r7JZIAtcgPJU-sGHska28YAM9rFU13NT5FJEJ1AtITddd9zj3HCBZg==> > for a full list of curated reads. Have a great summer and happy reading! > > > Donate > <https://5fpchmebb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ptniCUrPPEtaNarNZCHpa5mu388PlDjPe-mG8Q0UGYkkK1rKkCVq7nIUBfq81quGR_o7_YrGKKl2iaFhKbGXctVbiQEw5DmP4K903l0OztYCyazfz6VYnbER2Bb8Zd4SFwKqavp8cngI7cyf1xTYhZORsKEH5bh6v6CJH9bnehp0U5MgxrrH3BRLxgsS-3_d&c=NNMJmQefNDCbnvkdptpnng7E4ReyJaIIoqtui1UAoR2ZJkqwI6qB0w==&ch=r7JZIAtcgPJU-sGHska28YAM9rFU13NT5FJEJ1AtITddd9zj3HCBZg==> > > > Enslaved Legacy History Coalition > slavelegacyhistorycoalition.org <http://slavelegacyhistorycoalition.org/> > <mailto:[email protected]> > <https://5fpchmebb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ptniCUrPPEtaNarNZCHpa5mu388PlDjPe-mG8Q0UGYkkK1rKkCVq7iQxDl8XjQLUH121IJ4b8RYUFBJOPH3tD2O8L-3ObBQAx2VXxrAmUErlp9f_Sh4esUNErhOmgI8rdLjASzD_usw_kWsBLT7H1CxyX4uANtgXwSiAaL9xw3A=&c=NNMJmQefNDCbnvkdptpnng7E4ReyJaIIoqtui1UAoR2ZJkqwI6qB0w==&ch=r7JZIAtcgPJU-sGHska28YAM9rFU13NT5FJEJ1AtITddd9zj3HCBZg==> > > <https://5fpchmebb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ptniCUrPPEtaNarNZCHpa5mu388PlDjPe-mG8Q0UGYkkK1rKkCVq7kDBQReGMYoRdqEaqV6xfsFiFQsBaBc8ppGtdTAxrRzwbCVc-hHJh1UJzxxazmJv7LcuPLVpjNiyNmltnqplbo4f6qCRstRnNl9fHVsh-Y26vFmnLlM3NWIA_CbR_toNHuE2KnCebzuq&c=NNMJmQefNDCbnvkdptpnng7E4ReyJaIIoqtui1UAoR2ZJkqwI6qB0w==&ch=r7JZIAtcgPJU-sGHska28YAM9rFU13NT5FJEJ1AtITddd9zj3HCBZg==> > Slave Legacy History Coalition | City of Cambridge | Cambridge, MA 02138 US > Unsubscribe > <https://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001zoBmNB6liQVyBdktS42dng%3D&ch=f66a838a-93ad-11ee-af61-fa163e732e35&ca=c4e6808f-dde3-48cf-aeef-a55f92877362> > | Update Profile > <https://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=oo&m=001zoBmNB6liQVyBdktS42dng%3D&ch=f66a838a-93ad-11ee-af61-fa163e732e35&ca=c4e6808f-dde3-48cf-aeef-a55f92877362> > | Constant Contact Data Notice > <https://www.constantcontact.com/legal/customer-contact-data-notice>
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