BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:DC Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:DC Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:923bfb0f-c69d-4f56-a84a-e054b6f68ab8 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261028T203108Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T143000 SUMMARY:Black Studies Book Club: Folktales and Mythology LOCATION:Virtual Program\nVirtual Program X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Virtual Program;X-APPLE-RA DIUS=10;X-TITLE=Virtual Program:geo:0,0 GEO:0;0 DESCRIPTION:This cohort of the Black Studies Book Club is focused on folkt ales and mythologies centered on the Black diaspora. This is a pilot progr am and will be held Saturday\, August 8th at 1:30 via Zoom. .\nhttps://dcl ibrary.libnet.info/event/16853306 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This book club is centered on the literary traditions of the Black diaspora&rsquo\;s folktales and mythologies. Thes e literary traditions contribute to the area of education that is Black St udies. Long before the widely used systems of writing and computing began\ , stories and mythologies were passed down through oral tradition\, these stories took on larger-than-life adaptations and \;were also \;use d as an archival system of historical records. \;Today\, these literar y traditions are now immortalized in books by folklorists like Chinua Ache be\, Virginia Hamilton\, and Zora Neale Hurston\; whose aim is to pass dow n these traditions \;by teaching \;the incoming generations. \ ;The \;Folktales and Mythology cohort of the \;Black Studies Book Club will be a monthly book club meeting \;via Teams to explore\, enga ge\, and discuss books from and relating to this tradition.

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Please email any inquiries to palisades library@dc.gov \;and mention The Black Studies Book Club!

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