Fri, Jan 26
|Abraham Lincoln Middle School
Ibram X. Kendi presents "Barracoon"
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Time & Location
Jan 26, 2024, 7:00 PM
Abraham Lincoln Middle School, 1001 SE 12th St, Gainesville, FL 32641, USA
About the event
Join award-winning author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi for an evening discussing "Barracoon" and his adaptations of Zora Neale Hurston’s work, Hurston’s enduring legacy, and why he wanted to adapt her work for children (and more!), plus Q&A with pre-selected audience questions.
The event will be held in the Lincoln Middle School auditorium.
Tickets will be bundled with a signed copy of the book: https://shorturl.at/bIS78
• General Admission $25 - one person and one book • Family Bundle $30 - one adult, one child, and one book
About Barracoon In the first middle grade offering from Zora Neale Hurston and Ibram X. Kendi, young readers are introduced to the remarkable and true-life story of Cudjo Lewis, one of the last survivors of the Atlantic human trade, in an adaptation of the internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed Barracoon.
This is the life story of Cudjo Lewis, as told by himself.