Book Talk – Kin: Rooted in Hope with Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery Boston Weatherford | Sponsored by The Robert Family Fund with support by Verizon
Moderated by Dr. Leslie King-Hammond
Thursday, October 19, 2023 | 6pm – 9pm
FREE EVENT | The first 125 registrants get a copy of the book!

Celebrate Black Family roots on Maryland’s Eastern Shore with author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Jeffery Boston Weatherford’s newest book release, Kin: Rooted in Hope. Rendered in searing poems  and  stunning  scratchboard art, a powerful portrait of a Black family tree  is shaped by enslavement and freedom. From scraps of history, this mother and son duo have conjured the voices of their kin, creating an often painful but ultimately empowering story of who their people were in a breathtaking book that is at once deeply personal yet all too universal.

Carole’s poems capture voices ranging from her ancestors to Frederick Douglass to Harriet Tubman to the plantation house and land itself that connects them all, and Jeffery’s evocative illustrations help carry the story from the first mention of a forebear listed as property in a 1781 ledger to he and his mother’s homegoing trip to Africa in 2016. This book conversation is moderated by Rachel D. Graham, Director of External Relations for The Lewis Museum.  This book talk includes a book signing and light refreshments. A limited supply of free books will be available. Bring family, youth and educators to this intergenerational book event.