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The BAR Virtual Meeting – 12/18/25
VirtualPublished during a literary era marked by the ascendance of black writers such as Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and Alex Haley, this thinly fictionalized account of Claude Brown’s childhood as a hardened, streetwise criminal trying to survive the toughest streets of Harlem has been heralded as the definitive account of everyday life for […]
The BAR Member Meeting
The LOVE Building 4731 Grand River Ave, DetroitIn this New York Times bestseller, Elie Mystal offers a brilliant takedown of ten shocking pieces of legislation that continue to perpetuate hate, racial bias, injustice, and inequality today-an urgent yet hopeful read for our current political climate "Mystal is a grassroots legal superhero, and his superpower is the ability to explain to the masses in clear […]
The BAR Member Meeting
The LOVE Building 4731 Grand River Ave, Detroit“A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don’t know how to live properly.”—Zadie Smith One of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings to life a Southern love […]
