History Revealed: “Moving Up, Moving Out” with Historian Will Cooley

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

Thursday, January 9, 2020, 7:00-8:30pm Our first "History Revealed" program of the year! In Moving Up, Moving Out (published 2018) Will Cooley discusses the damage racism and discrimination have exacted on black Chicagoans in the twentieth century, while accentuating the resilience of upwardly-mobile African Americans. Cooley examines how class differences created fissures in the black […]

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The Past is Present: The Legacy of Incarcerated Girls

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a conversation revolving around the new book, Evidence of V, by Sheila O’Connor. Thursday, January 23, 2020, 7pm In 1911, Minnesota opened a state reformatory for girls in Sauk Centre. From the beginning, the incarcerated girls were largely committed for minor status offenses, most notably immorality and incorrigibility, and […]

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History Revealed: Transpacific Antiracism with Historian Yuichiro Onishi

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

The East Side Freedom Library and the Ramsey County Historical Society invite you to the next book presentation in our "History Revealed" series. Thursday, February 6th, 2020, 7pm Yuichiro Onishi is a Professor in both the Asian-American and African-American & African Studies departments at the University of Minnesota and a member of the East Side […]

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“Hungry Translations: Relearning the World through Radical Vulnerability” with author Richa Nagar and commentators Elizabeth Sumida Huaman and Ajay Skaria

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

Saturday, February 8, 2020, 2 - 4pm Join us in discussion of a fearless new approach to the search for poetic and social justice. Experts often assume that the poor, hungry, rural, and/or precarious need external interventions. They frequently fail to recognize how the same people create politics and knowledge by living and honing their […]

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ብዕር እና ዜማ – Book Tour Event

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

We'll spend time with author Esubalew Mekuria on his journeys and the preparation of his books: Ethiopia , Addis Ababa & Ascending to Heaven; along with a book signing ceremony. Rhythmic Literature is extremely honored and excited to have this opportunity to invite you to this great event. These books will be treasures that you […]

“Stolen” with Author Richard Bell

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a presentation of "Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home" with author Richard Bell, Associate Professor of History, University of Maryland. Monday, February 24, 2020, 7pm In 1825 in Philadelphia, the supposed cradle of liberty, five young, free black boys fell into the […]

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Human Rights Discourse in the Post-9/11 Age

This event will be posted on our Facebook page! Kanishka Chowdhury is Professor of English and Director of the American Culture & Difference Program at the University of St. Thomas. His new book, HUMAN RIGHTS DISCOURSE IN THE POST 9/11 AGE, offers a critique of mainstream human rights discourse in the period following […]

Stories for (Little) People

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

This new program is geared toward young people of preschool and early elementary grades. Kate Derickson, assisted by Harry Potter and Orso the Library dog, will read books that feature all kinds of families and children and people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. Kate teaches in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies […]

Afropessimism: A Conversation Between Frank Wilderson III and Bill Hart

Thursday, May 14, 2020, 7pm Frank Wilderson's new book, AFROPESSMISM fuses innovative philosophy with trenchant memoir to argue that we are still living in the legacy of slavery's historical social position. Khalil Muhammad, Professor of History, Race, and Public Policy, at Harvard, writes: " is one of the boldest and most unflinching theorists […]

Stories for (Little) People

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

This new program is geared toward young people of preschool and early elementary grades. Kate Derickson, assisted by Harry Potter and Orso the Library dog, will read books that feature all kinds of families and children and people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. Kate teaches in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies […]

Stories for (Little) People

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

This new program is geared toward young people of preschool and early elementary grades. Kate Derickson, assisted by Harry Potter and Orso the Library dog, will read books that feature all kinds of families and children and people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. Kate teaches in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies […]

Virtual Event: Shannon Watts for “Fight Like a Mother”

Join SubText Books and East Side Freedom Library for a virtual event with Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, on Friday, May 29th at 7:00pm. Watts will read and discuss her book, Fight Like a Mother. ***This is a ticketed event. Each ticket is $10, and a portion of ticket sales will be donated […]

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Stories for (Little) People

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

This new program is geared toward young people of preschool and early elementary grades. Kate Derickson, assisted by Harry Potter and Orso the Library dog, will read books that feature all kinds of families and children and people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. Kate teaches in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies […]

History Revealed: Grocery Activism

East Side Freedom Library, Ramsey County Historical Society, and University of Minnesota Press invite you to the next session of “History Revealed” Grocery Activism: The Radical History of Food Cooperatives in Minnesota A conversation with author Craig Upright, Associate Professor of Sociology, Winona State University   Thursday, June 4, 2020, 7pm Grocery Activism looks back to […]

Stories for (Little) People

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

This new program is geared toward young people of preschool and early elementary grades. Kate Derickson, assisted by Harry Potter and Orso the Library dog, will read books that feature all kinds of families and children and people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. Kate teaches in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies […]

Stories for (Little) People

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

This new program is geared toward young people of preschool and early elementary grades. Kate Derickson, assisted by Harry Potter and Orso the Library dog, will read books that feature all kinds of families and children and people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. Kate teaches in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies […]

Stories for (Little) People

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

This new program is geared toward young people of preschool and early elementary grades. Kate Derickson, assisted by Harry Potter and Orso the Library dog, will read books that feature all kinds of families and children and people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. Kate teaches in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies […]

Stories for (Little) People

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

This new program is geared toward young people of preschool and early elementary grades. Kate Derickson, assisted by Harry Potter and Orso the Library dog, will read books that feature all kinds of families and children and people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. Kate teaches in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Geography […]

Stories for (Little) People

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

This new program is geared toward young people of preschool and early elementary grades. Kate Derickson, assisted by Harry Potter and Orso the Library dog, will read books that feature all kinds of families and children and people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. Kate teaches in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies […]

History Revealed: Exploring the Historical Roots of Racism in Minnesota

A conversation with Bill Green, Christopher Lehman, and Marty Case Thursday, July 9, 2020, 7pm In the past year, local historians have published three eye-opening books, each of which, grounded in careful research, explore the roles played by racism in the development of Minnesota. Marty Case's The Relentless Business of Treaties explores how the U.S., territorial, and […]

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