10/11/2023 0 Comments Franklin township library book groupsOther libraries participating in the book club are Bexley Public Library, Grandview Heights Public Library, London Public Library, Plain City Public Library, Southwest Public Libraries, Upper Arlington Public Library, Westerville Public Library and Worthington Libraries. This year’s reading challenge is larger in scope, given the collaboration with other library systems. More: Columbus libraries to spend $500,000 on COVID-19-killing ionizationīack in 2015, the Columbus library launched a similar program centered on “Showdown,” hometown author Wil Haygood’s book on Thurgood Marshall. Released earlier this year, “STAMPED: Racism, Antiracism, and You” is Reynold’s young-adult adaptation of Kendi’s 2016 title, “Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America.” Dodd said the libraries chose this version so that students could join the discussion. “We wanted to challenge the entire community to reflect upon the institutional and systemic inequalities that have been allowed to divide our nation and our community for such a long time,” said Gregg Dodd, marketing director at the Columbus Metropolitan Library. The book club was inspired by the national protests and conversation about racism following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May.
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