Legacy of Slavery in Savannah Initiative Virtual Book Club: Melissa Cooper
May 13, 2021 at 6pm–7pm Zoom- This event has passed.
Melissa Cooper – Making Gullah: A History of Sapelo Islanders, Race, and the American Imagination, University of North Carolina Press, 2017.
Join us on May 13 at 6pm for a discussion of Making Gullah: A History of Sapelo Islanders, Race, and the American Imagination (University of North Carolina Press, 2017) with author Melissa Cooper, associate professor of history at Rutgers University-Newark. Cooper will present her book on the construction of Gullah identity and how it has been reimagined and transformed throughout history. This virtual book club is free and open to the public. A live Q&A will follow a brief presentation.
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