RCL welcomes Kalamazoo author Anne Dueweke to discuss her new book, The Reckoning.

Join us for a conversation about Reckoning: Kalamazoo College Uncovers Its Racial and Colonial Past. Donna Odom, Kalamazoo College class of ‘67 and founder of the Society for History and Racial Equity, will talk with author Anne Dueweke, Kalamazoo College class of ‘84, about her new book. Beginning with the college’s founding in 1833 during the era of Indian Removal, Reckoning follows the development of the college through the Civil War, the long period of racial entrenchment that followed Reconstruction, minstrel shows performed on campus in the 1950s during the rise of the Civil Rights movement, Black student activism in the wake of Martin Luther King’s assassination, the quest for multiculturalism in the 1990s, and the recent activism of a changing student body.

*This event is part of the Meet Michigan Authors series. Meet Michigan Authors programs are made available through a collaboration of the Richland Community Library, Gull Lake Area Rotary Club, Friends of Richland Community Library, and the Croasdale Family.*