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SUMMARY:Author Chat- A Black Congressman's Fight for Civil Rights - NEW
DESCRIPTION:A free Adult School event. Click here to register.\n\nLearn 
 about a legendary civil rights activist that time forgot. \n\nJoin Prof. 
 Marion Orr of Brown University in conversation about his new book\, "The 
 House of Diggs: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Consequential Black 
 Congressman\, Charles C. Diggs Jr." with Prof. Domingo Morel of NYU. 
 Audience Q&A to follow. Books will be available for sale and signing by 
 Watchung Booksellers after the program. \n\nAt the height of the civil 
 rights movement\, Charles C. Diggs Jr. was the consummate power broker. In 
 a political career spanning 1951 to 1980\, Diggs\, Michigan’s first Black 
 member of Congress\, was the only federal official to attend the trial of 
 Emmett Till’s killers\, worked behind the scenes with Martin Luther King 
 Jr.\, and founded the Congressional Black Caucus. He was also the chief 
 architect of legislation that restored home rule to Washington\, DC\, and 
 almost single-handedly ignited the American anti-apartheid movement in the 
 1960s. Don't miss it!
LOCATION:Montclair Main - Auditorium\, Montclair Main - Conference Room\, Montclair Public Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Montclair Adult School":MAILTO:adultschool@montclairlibrary.org
CATEGORIES:Adult School, Author Talk
CONTACT;CN="Montclair Adult School":MAILTO:adultschool@montclairlibrary.org
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