“The New Brownies’ Book”: An Evening with Charly Palmer and Karida L. Brown

Join us for the second annual African American History Initiatives Black Writers event. This program will highlight "The New Brownies’ Book: A Love Letter to Black Families" by esteemed scholar Karida L. Brown and award-winning artist Charly Palmer, which was written as an ode to the first Black youth magazine, "The Brownies Book," published by W. E. B. Du Bois in 1920. Learn more about this stunning book bursting with essays, poems, photographs, paintings, and short stories reflecting on the joy and depth of the Black experience. Following the program, books will be available for purchase and signing.

LEARN MORE: https://mohistory.org/events/brownies-book

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Media Partner: St. Louis Magazine

Come back for more! Thursday Nights at the Museum are sometimes the most fun, sometimes the most thought-provoking, and always the most interesting night of your week. The museum exhibits are open late, and you’ll enjoy cash bar and food for purchase, pop-up activities, lectures, and more.

You may also like the following events from Missouri History Museum:

• This Thursday, 4th September, 06:00 pm, Twilight Thursdays in Clayton
• This Friday, 5th September, 01:00 pm, New to St. Louis: STL 101 in St. Louis
• This month, 23rd September, 06:30 pm, STL City + County Series (Part One): The Great Divorce in Clayton

Also check out other Arts events in Clayton, Literary Art events in Clayton.