To observe Black History Month, please join the Saratoga Springs Public Library to discuss reading selections from Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain's book Four Hundred Souls. They will meet twice during the month to discuss what we have read. Copies of the book may be found on the Reading Group shelves from the second floor of the library, or requested through our catalog.

For the meeting on Tuesday, February 21st please read:

"Denmark Vesey" by Robert Jones, Jr. (p.187); "Oregon" by Mitchell S. Jackson (p.209); "Reconstruction" by Michael Harriot (p.234); "Philadelphia" by Kali Nicole Gross (p.249); "Booker T. Washington" by Derrick Alridge (p.267); "The Harlem Renaissance" by Farah Jasmine Griffin (p.287); "The Civil Rights Movement" by Charles E. Cobb, Jr. (p.325); "The War on Drugs" by James Forman, Jr. (p.351); "The Shelby Ruling" by Karine Jean-Pierre (p.378); "Conclusion: Our Acestors' Wildest Dreams" by Keisha N. Blain (p.389) (a total of 45 pages).