Better Together 4 NC
St. Matthew 1629 Bennett Street, RaleighPlease join BT4NC as we watch and listen to Marcia Herman-Giddens share her experiences growing up in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. We will provide refreshments to enjoy before and after her presentation. You may also view from home through Zoom. Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84981912080?pwd=V1BBRkE1NFl3cG0wc0RwajgzS1NKQT09 Zoom Watch Party St. Matthew 1629 Bennett Street Unloose My Heart "This book is more than a memoir set against the backdrop of Jim Crow and the civil rights movement; it is the work of a woman of conscience writing in the twenty-first century. Haunted by the past, her prose is a journey of exploration and discovery, full of angst, sorrow, and joy, as it seeks a mending. Her research unearthed an extensive history of slaveholding, arrogance, cruelty, trauma, and fear, forcing her to scrutinize the impact of this legacy in her life, as well as her debt to the enslaved people who suffered and were exploited at her ancestors’ hands." Speaker Bio: Marcia Edwina Herman-Giddens was born in Washington, DC, to a Pennsylvania father and a south Florida mother. In 1947, the family moved to Birmingham, Alabama, arriving when the first bombings of African American establishments had begun. As Marcia grew up, she was profoundly affected by […]