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SUMMARY:Book discussion: In Relentless Pursuit of an Education
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DESCRIPTION:Join us to hear from speakers who are featured in the book!.\n
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>For American Education Week\, we are discu
 ssing the local history book <em>In Relentless Pursuit of an Education</em
 >.&nbsp\; In their own words\, residents of St. Mary's County\, Maryland\,
  tell of the separate and unequal black schools that existed until the cou
 nty complied with Brown v. Board of Education in 1967. This discussion wil
 l feature students whose experiences are in the book and guest speakers fr
 om the Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions who will be talki
 ng about their experience interviewing former students of segregated schoo
 ls.&nbsp\; We will also hear how students today are working to improve equ
 ity in their schools.</p>\n<p>Read the book:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href="https
 ://catalog.somd.lib.md.us/polaris/view.aspx?title=in+relentless+pursuit">C
 heck out a physical copy of the book from the Library</a></li>\n<li><a hre
 f="https://www.stmalib.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SimplyE_Getting-Star
 ted-Flyer.pdf">Download the SimplyE app (PDF)&nbsp\;</a>to <a href="https:
 //www.stmalib.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SimplyE_InRelentlessPursuit.p
 df">check out a digital copy (PDF)</a></li>\n<li><a href="https://drive.go
 ogle.com/drive/folders/1WylvudJentqghxy4bR2NdpZZHU6SpB0O?usp=sharing">Down
 load a PDF copy of the book (64MB)</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>This book was produ
 ced by the Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions and digitized
  by St. Mary's County Library.&nbsp\; The book discussion is cosponsored b
 y St. Mary's County NAACP Unit 7025\, the Unified Committee for Afro-Ameri
 can Contributions\, and Historic Sotterley and is part of our Community Co
 nversations on Race series.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Join us this fall for Community
  Conversations on Race\, a series of virtual events to engage in conversat
 ion and learn from fellow community members. Community partners for this s
 eries include NAACP Unit 7025\, Community Mediation of St. Mary&rsquo\;s\,
  Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions (UCAC)\, Historic Sotte
 rley\, and St. Mary&rsquo\;s County Recreation and Parks &ndash\; Museum D
 ivision.</p>\nhttps://stmalib.libnet.info/event/4580318
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