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X-WR-CALNAME:History Book Festival Presents: J. Chester Johnson - Damaged H
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LOCATION:111 Adams Avenue\nLewes DE 19958
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SUMMARY:History Book Festival Presents: J. Chester Johnson - Damaged Herita
 ge
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for an interactive talk with J. Chester Johnson\, autho
 r of\nDamaged Heritage: The Elaine Race Massacre and A Story of\nReconcili
 ation\, featured at the 2020 virtual History Book Festival.\nThe Elaine Ra
 ce Massacre took place in 1919 around the town of Elaine\,\nArkansas\, whe
 n white residents felt threatened by black\nsharecroppers’ attempts to u
 nionize. Author J. Chester Johnson was\nan adult before he learned that hi
 s beloved grandfather had\nparticipated in an event that led to the deaths
  of at least 100\nAfrican Americans. In 2014\, Johnson met Sheila L. Walke
 r\, a descendant\nof massacre victims\, and the two joined to pursue a pat
 h toward racial\nreconciliation. Walker wrote the foreword to the book. J.
  Chester\nJohnson is a poet\, essayist\, and translator who has written\ne
 xtensively on race and civil rights. Sheila L. Walker will be in\nconversa
 tion with Johnson. She became involved in the civil rights\nmovement at an
  early age and has served in federal law enforcement\,\nthe U.S. Army Rese
 rve\, and the healthcare field. Online program from\nthe History Book Fest
 ival and the Lewes Public Library. NOTE: this\nmeeting is being conducted 
 through Zoom. You MUST REGISTER to receive\ninstructions for joining the m
 eeting. Venue: Lewes Public Library.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join us for an interactive talk with J. Cheste
 r Johnson\, author of Damaged Heritage: The Elaine Race Massacre and A Sto
 ry of Reconciliation\, featured at the 2020 virtual History Book Festival.
  The Elaine Race Massacre took place in 1919 around the town of Elaine\, A
 rkansas\, when white residents felt threatened by black sharecroppers’ a
 ttempts to unionize. Author J. Chester Johnson was an adult before he lear
 ned that his beloved grandfather had participated in an event that led to 
 the deaths of at least 100 African Americans. In 2014\, Johnson met Sheila
  L. Walker\, a descendant of massacre victims\, and the two joined to purs
 ue a path toward racial reconciliation. Walker wrote the foreword to the b
 ook. J. Chester Johnson is a poet\, essayist\, and translator who has writ
 ten extensively on race and civil rights. Sheila L. Walker will be in conv
 ersation with Johnson. She became involved in the civil rights movement at
  an early age and has served in federal law enforcement\, the U.S. Army Re
 serve\, and the healthcare field. Online program from the History Book Fes
 tival and the Lewes Public Library. NOTE: this meeting is being conducted 
 through Zoom. You MUST REGISTER to receive instructions for joining the me
 eting. Venue: Lewes Public Library.
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