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SUMMARY:Letters of Love and Family During the Civil War
LOCATION:Duluth Branch\nDuluth Branch
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DESCRIPTION:Rita Roberts discusses her book\, "I Can't Wait to Call You My
  Wife"\, which honors the voices of African Americans of the Civil War era
 . .\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/event/7657755
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Amidst bloody battles and political maneuv
 ering\, thousands of African Americans spent the Civil War trying to hold 
 their families together. <em>I Can't Wait to Call You My Wife: African Ame
 rican Letters of Love\, Marriage\, and Family in the Civil War Era</em> il
 luminates that struggle through their exchanged letters. Despite harsh law
 s against literacy and brutal practices that broke apart Black families\, 
 people found ways to write to each other against all odds.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>
 Roberts reframes the Civil War era by telling the story of American slaver
 y through letters that focus on the strong bonds of love and offers a deep
 ly human and relatable version of history.</p>\n<p>Rita Roberts is current
 ly retiring from her Professorship of History and Africana Studies at Scri
 pps College\, where she holds the Nathan Wright Stephenson Chair in Histor
 y and Biography.</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><em>Books for sale a
 nd signing. </em></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><em>Complimentary d
 essert and refreshments.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</em></p>\n<p style="text-align: cen
 ter\;">Registration is requested.</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">Thi
 s program is free and open to the public.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>*Adult Ser
 vices</p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/event/7657755
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