Old House and Red Neckties: A Memoir of Race, Resilience, and Selfhood

A Pre-Inauguration Book Event with Local Author Grace Virtue

Grace Virtue is a keen scholar of the humanities and a social justice advocate, from Silver Spring, Md and Manchester, Jamaica. Her work centers around the quest for dignity for marginalized people.

Dr. Virtue will read from her book, and host a panel discussion with this topic: The American Dream, and the ties that Bind: Overcoming Racism, Sexism, and Nativism in Old House and Red Neckties. The program takes place in the Multi-Purpose Room.

She earned her doctorate and master's degrees from Howard University, and her bachelor's in journalism and social science from the University of the West Indies, in Mona, Jamaica.

The title is available in our catalog as a physical book, and as an ebook,  through our electronic resource Hoopla: 

Questions about this program? Contact the Library at 240-777-0678.

Interested in different authors and what drives them to write? Check out the Electronic Resources linked on our homepage under the 'Books and Authors' heading within the 'Research and Learn' tab, here: https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/WebBuilder/ResourcesList

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Accommodation Requests

People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.

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