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SUMMARY:Art Tatum Book Club
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DESCRIPTION:A discussion group highlighting Black literary works with the 
 Art Tatum African American Resource Center..\nhttps://toledo.libnet.info/e
 vent/17456121
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><a href="https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/
 v2/record/S218C2424529">Click here to request or download</a></p>\n<p>"In&
 nbsp\;I&rsquo\;ll Make Me a World\, acclaimed Harvard scholar Jarvis R. Gi
 vens takes us on a personal and political journey through the 100-year his
 tory of Black History Month&mdash\;from its radical beginnings in 1926 as 
 &ldquo\;Negro History Week&rdquo\; to its role today as a celebration and 
 flashpoint in America&rsquo\;s cultural battles. Drawing on archival resea
 rch\, personal stories involving family and students\, and especially the 
 wisdom of Black educators\, Givens recovers the legacy of Carter G. Woodso
 n and many others who envisioned Black history as a liberatory force&mdash
 \;knowledge that shapes who we are\, how we resist\, and what we dream.</p
 >\n<p>With striking clarity\, Givens challenges today&rsquo\;s myopic comm
 emorations of iconic figures and urges us to expand our understanding of B
 lack history to include the everyday lives of ordinary people&mdash\;the &
 ldquo\;workadays&rdquo\; whose stories have long gone untold but form crit
 ical parts of Black history. Indeed\, people who played important roles in
  passing on Black memories that helped disrupt oppressively narrow perspec
 tives on human life. Givens also attends to the labor involved in preservi
 ng Black history\, especially in intellectual environments where it is con
 stantly denigrated and undervalued\, and he insists that more transparency
  about such processes is necessary to ensure this worthy tradition is pass
 ed on to future generations."</p>\n<p>A part of the library since 1989\, t
 he Art Tatum African American Resource Center is a dedicated space to prov
 ide educational and historical information on African American cultural he
 ritage and experiences.&nbsp\; Through books\, other materials\, public pr
 ograms\, and art exhibits\, the Resource Center recognizes and celebrates 
 the lived experiences of African Americans.</p>\n<p>The Resource Center is
  named in honor of American jazz great Art Tatum (1909-1956) who grew up i
 n Toledo's Roosevelt neighborhood.&nbsp\;</p>\nhttps://toledo.libnet.info/
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