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Richard Thompson Ford believes that the race card is being overplayed. He explains why he thinks the social and legal meaning of racism is in a state of crisis. Also, one man’s journey into the world of American evangelism. Plus, a young Korean women’s search for identity. And the stories behind the 90-year history of the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
Overplaying the Race Card
Richard Thompson Ford believes that the social and legal meaning of racism is in a state of crisis. In The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse, Mr. Ford argues that people who overplay the race card are harming the cause of civil rights.
Event: Richard Thompson Ford will be speaking and signing books
Monday, February 25 at 6 pm
Hue-Man Bookstore
2319 Frederick Douglas Boulevard (between 124th and 125th Streets)
A Young Korean Woman’s Search for Identity
When Kim Sunee was three years old, her mother abandoned her in a Korean marketplace. Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home recounts her search for identity from Korea to New Orleans to Paris and Provence.
The 90-Year History of the Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service is the most coveted prize for the American press. In Pulitzer’s Gold: Behind the Prize for Public Service Journalism, Roy J. Harris Jr. traces the history of the prize and the dozens of stories and journalists behind the stories.
A Former Evangelical's Crisis of Faith
American evangelical Christianity can be misunderstood by outsiders. Veteran journalist and former 60 Minutes producer John Marks was born again at age 16, but later abandoned the faith. His new book about the religion he left behind is Reasons to Believe: One Man’s Journey Among the Evangelicals and the Faith He Left Behind.
Events: John Marks will be answering questions after a screening of the documentary, “Purple State of Mind”
Monday, February 25 at 7:30 pm
New York Theater Workshop
79 East 4th Street (near 2nd Avenue)
John Marks will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, February 26 at 7 pm
KGB Bar
85 East 4th Street (near 2nd Avenue)
John Marks will be answering questions after a screening of “Purple State of Mind”
Thursday, February 28 at 7 pm
New York University
5 Washington Place (near Mercer Street)
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