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SUMMARY:Old House and Red Neckties: A Memoir of Race\, Resilience\, and Se
 lfhood
LOCATION:Wheaton Library\nWheaton Library
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DESCRIPTION:Grace Virtue is a keen scholar of the humanities and a social 
 justice advocate\, from Silver Spring\, Md and  Manchester\, Jamaica. Her 
 work centers around the quest for dignity for marginalized people.\n.\nhtt
 ps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/12226235
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Dr. Virtue will read from her book\, and h
 ost a panel discussion with this topic: The American Dream\, and the ties 
 that Bind: Overcoming Racism\, Sexism\, and Nativism in <em>Old House and 
 Red Neckties. </em>The program takes place in the Multi-Purpose Room.</p>\
 n<p>She earned her doctorate and master's degrees from Howard University\,
  and her bachelor's in journalism and social science from the University o
 f the West Indies\, in Mona\, Jamaica.</p>\n<p>The title is available in o
 ur catalog as a physical book\, and as an ebook\,&nbsp\; through our elect
 ronic resource <a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/aa0039
 f1-813c-b528-d5f0-86ec50368ae1-eng/Home?searchId=22374788&amp\;recordIndex
 =1&amp\;page=1&amp\;searchSource=local&amp\;referred=resultIndex">Hoopla</
 a>:&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Questions about this program?&nbsp\;Contact the Library
  at 240-777-0678.</p>\n<p>Interested in different authors and what drives 
 them to write? Check out the Electronic Resources linked on our homepage u
 nder the 'Books and Authors' heading within the 'Research and Learn' tab\,
  here: <a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/WebBuilder/ResourcesList">
 https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/WebBuilder/ResourcesList</a></p>\n<p>You'l
 l need a current MCPL card account to access many of these resources. Don'
 t have a card right now?&nbsp\; No worries!&nbsp\; Find out how to&nbsp\;<
 a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/library/services/card.html">Get a L
 ibrary Card</a>.</p>\n<p><strong>Accommodation Requests</strong></p>\n<p>P
 eople who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request&nbsp\;<strong><a href
 ="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/accessibility/interpreter.html">E
 nglish-language captioning or sign-language interpretation</a></strong>&nb
 sp\;at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to a
 ttend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager 
 at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.</p>\n<p>cm 1.1 01/0
 3/2023</p>\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/12226235
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