<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:skip"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-weight: bold; "> THE BOSTON AFRICAN AMERICAN NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE and</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:skip"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande""><b>COMMUNITY CHANGE, INC. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:skip"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande""><b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Present</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:skip"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande""> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">WRITING RACE: MEMORY & IMAGINATION</span></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande""><b>Readings by Boston Authors<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:black"><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:black"><b>JANUARY 16, 2008 (Wednesday)<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:black"><b>The Honorable Judge Julian Houston reads from <u>New Boy.</u><o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:black"><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:black">As the first black student in an elite Connecticut boarding school in the late 1950s, Rob Garrett, 16, knows he is making history. He works hard not to fall off the honor roll, even as he misses his home in Virginia and feels like a stranger in the dorm and in class. When his friends in the South plan a sit-in against segregation, he knows he must be part of it. The Honorable Judge Julian Houston writes from the inside about the civil rights struggle, always clear about the blatant racism and the differences within the African American community as they cut across class, region, and generations. <u>New Boy</u> is especially appealing to youth readers.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:black"><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande""><b>The Museum of African American History<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande""><b>The Abiel Smith School <o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande""><b>46 Joy Street<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande""><b>Beacon Hill, Boston MA<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:center 3.45in right 6.9in"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande""><b>6:30-8:30 p.m.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande""><b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">ASL/ENGLISH INTERPRETATION WILL BE PROVIDED AT ALL READINGS</span></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande""> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande""><i>Writing Race: Memory and Imagination</i></span><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande""> is funded through the generous support of the African American Experience Fund.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande""> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande"">There is no admission charge for this event.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande""> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:black">For more information visit <a href="http://www.communitychangeinc.org">www.communitychangeinc.org</a> or call 617-523-0555.</span><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande""><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <!--EndFragment-->
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