The Afternoon Book Group will be held online monthly as a Zoom event. Contact Sarah Letnes at scletnes@gmail.com to find out the book selection for each month, how to obtain the book from the Montgomery County Library's online site, and how to log onto the Zoom teleconference site for the group meeting to discuss the book.

The Last Slave Ship by Ben Raines May 9 Hosted by Margo Pennock

Fifty years after the Atlantic slave trade was outlawed, the Clotilda became the last ship in history to bring enslaved Africans to the United States. The ship was scuttled and burned on arrival to hide evidence of the crime, allowing the wealthy perpetrators to escape prosecution. Despite numerous efforts to find the sunken wreck over the next 160 years, it wasn't found until 2019. Raines, who uncovered one of our nation's most important historical artifacts, recounts the ship's perilous journey, the story of its rediscovery, and its complex legacy. Against all odds, Africatown, the Alabama community founded by the captives of the Clotilda, prospered in the Jim Crow South. Raines tells the epic tale of one community's triumphs over great adversity and a celebration of the power of human curiosity to uncover the truth about our past and heal its wounds

 
The group will meet on the second Thursday of each month from 3:00m to 4:30pm. Zoom contact information:

COMPUTER: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82563794596?pwd=QUU0aHVuQVhKVlVTa3ZrenR6ZVgyUT09

MEETING ID: 825 6379 4596

PASSCODE: 086398

PHONE: +13017158592