The Slover Library Foundation presents Author Margaret Edds
Slover Library Foundation invites the public to a book talk and signing with Margaret Edds, author of What the Eyes Can’t See: Ralph Northam, Black Resolve, and a Racial Reckoning in Virginia, on Thursday, Dec. 1, at 5:30 p.m. at 235 E. Plume Street in downtown Norfolk. The event is free and open to the public with light hors d’oeuvres and cash bar available. Online registration is encouraged.
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s “blackface scandal” could have destroyed any politician. The photo of Governor Northam purportedly in blackface created a firestorm locally and in every political sphere. What the Eyes Can’t See explains why Ralph Northam’s career did not end with the scandal and how it made him a better governor, citizen and doctor.
Prodded by Black legislators and citizens, Northam came to a deeper understanding of the racism and pain the photograph symbolized. He listened and, more importantly, learned the lessons of endemic, systemic racism and applied those lessons to his legislative agenda.
Edds provides a revealing examination of race in the nation, how racism might be addressed and reckoned with, and how we all may find a measure of redemption in listening to one another.
Reserve the book in the online catalog with your library card. Books will also be for sale by Prince Books at the event or purchase online.
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