The Library will be Closed Friday September 19th for staff training.
The American Revolution was a partial revolution: It promised the protection of unalienable rights to some, but not all, Americans. Enslaved African-Americans were essentially disregarded. The lecture will cover the period from the beginning of the American Revolution to the beginning of the lead-up to the American Civil War (1775-1850).
Enslaved African-Americans of colonial Rhode Island lived and worked, and even sometimes prayed and played next to their white masters; however, with few if any basic human and civil rights, without ownership of their own bodies and destinies, their lives were always less than whole, less than full, less than complete, corrupted by slavery. This lecture covers slavery in Rhode Island from its inception in 1636, the very year the colony was founded, until the beginning of the American Revolution in 1775.
Join us as we discuss Starry Eyes by Jenn Bennett via Zoom. This book is a RI Teen Book Award honor book for 2020. Books are available to borrow at the library. Send an email to porlibteen@gmail.com to get a link to the discussion. The link will be sent out the week of the book discussion. All ages are welcomed for this discussion.
Are you finding yourself with more and more tasks to do, yet there’s never enough time to get everything done?
Join us virtually as we discuss American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins.
Join us virtually as we discuss My Antonia by Willa Cather.
Join us virtually as we discuss The Other Americans by Laila Lalami.
Going forward for the winter, all Teen Fiction Book Clubs will be done over Zoom. Please register so we can send you the email link to the Zoom session.
This month's selection is The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert.
Going forward for the winter, all Teen Fiction Book Clubs will be done over Zoom. Please register so we can send you the email link to the Zoom session.
This month's selection is The Grace Year, by Kim Liggett. Copies are available at the Circulation Desk.
The Library is Closed today. We will reopen on Tuesday June 1 at 9 am.
