Umoja Book Club

UMOJA IS SWAHILI FOR UNITY – CELEBRATING DIVERSITY WHILE COMMITTED TO UNITY
Expect thought discussions of books by authors of the African Diaspora, in addition we have a monthly raffle with great prizes!

Visit the Teen Space or register online to receive the Zoom link. Copies of the books are available at the Circulation desk.  Titles might also be available as eBook or a downloadable audiobook on Libby and/or Hoopla.

Take My Hand      
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

A historical novel inspired by the true story of Mary Alice and Minnie Relf, two sisters sterilized without their consent in 1973. The story follows Civil Townsend, a young Black nurse who works at a Family Planning Clinic in Alabama, and her journey as she becomes entangled in the lives of the Williams sisters. When Civil discovers the sisters have been sterilized, she is thrust into a national scandal and a quest for justice.

Discussion Leader:  UPL Assistant Library Director, Syntychia Kendrick-Samuel.