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Kin Rooted in Hope book cover Purple cover with woodblock drawing of a man and a tree

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OMOB Book Discussion-"Kin: Rooted in Hope"

by Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery Boston Weatherford

2025-10-28 20:00:00 2025-10-28 21:00:00 America/New_York OMOB Book Discussion-"Kin: Rooted in Hope" The whole state is being asked to read and discuss this book as the One Maryland One Book initiative. Online via Teams -

Tuesday, October 28
8:00pm - 9:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-10-28 20:00:00 2025-10-28 21:00:00 America/New_York OMOB Book Discussion-"Kin: Rooted in Hope" The whole state is being asked to read and discuss this book as the One Maryland One Book initiative. Online via Teams -

The whole state is being asked to read and discuss this book as the One Maryland One Book initiative.

Hybrid in form, and even more expansive in what it has to say, "Kin: Rooted in Hope" is a book created by, and about, a Black family and its generations.

Poet and children's author Carole Boston Weatherford and her son, artist Jeffery Boston Weatherford, collaborated on this book that gives voice to their earliest enslaved ancestors back to the founding of Maryland. With each poem and its accompanying illustration, Carole and Jeffery tell their family story through each of their kin and the world they lived in: the Chesapeake Bay, the plantation house, Frederick Douglass, Harriett Tubman, and more. The selection committee was enthralled by how "Kin" uses art and poetry to illuminate what can't be said by historical records (when they are available), in a vital story that is about Maryland's past and its present.

Place a hold on Kin: Rooted in Hope

One Maryland One Book is a program of Maryland Humanities and the Maryland Center for the Book, sponsored by The Institute of Museum and Library Services via the Maryland State Library Agency.

Calvert Library strives to make our events accessible to all. For access questions or requests, call 410-535-0291.    

AGE GROUP: | Senior | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Events/Discussion |

TAGS: | omob | EDI | Adults |

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The whole state is being asked to read and discuss this book as the One Maryland One Book initiative.

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