Frankfort Anti-Racism Advocates (FARA) invites you to a discussion of the book “King: A Life” by Jonathan Eig (2023) It is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. It is vividly written and exhaustively researched
We are meeting in the Sower Board Room of the Paul Sawyier Public Library, near the front entrance.
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Upcoming Discussion, September 2025:
September 23 – “Driving While Black: Race, Space, and Mobility in America” (2020) Documentary, 2 hours. Chronicling the history and personal experiences of African Americans on the road from the advent of the automobile through the seismic changes of the 1960s and beyond, this documentary explores the background of a phrase rooted in realities that have been a part of the African American experience for hundreds of years – told in part through the stories of the people who lived through it.
https://www.kanopy.com/en/pspl/video/11372537 . Rescheduled from July
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Our regular meeting time will continue to be the fourth Tuesday of each month. We will email a reminder notice before each meeting with the meeting location. An event notice with the meeting location will also be posted on our Facebook group page.
Frankfort Anti-Racism Advocates (FARA) is a multi-racial community group that meets regularly to discuss books, films, and podcasts about racism in America. Their goal is to educate participants about racism in order to have meaningful conversations, take action, and ultimately to heal racism. All are welcome to join.
Most of us feel somewhat uncomfortable talking about the topic of race. FARA believes that it is important to engage in conversation despite this discomfort. Racism has historically been and continues to be a pervasive and persistent force in our society. It influences the country at the top levels of government down to our local communities, and is destructive even in its more subtle forms. Before we can end our country’s legacy of racism, we have to be open to learning and talking about it.
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