[Michlib-l] Tecumseh District Library hosts Michigan Notable Presentation on Sojourner Truth on Facebook Live

[Chuck Harpst]

 Tecumseh District Library hosts The Extraordinary Life of Sojourner Truth on Facebook Live on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.  This special live event can be viewed from the library's Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/Tecumseh-District-Library-192148050127/.
  
 Sojourner Truth was born into slavery but possessed a mind and a vision that knew no bounds. Trace her life from her painful childhood through her remarkable emancipation to her incredible leadership in the movement for rights for both women and African Americans with Michigan Notable writer Gary D. Schmidt, author of So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom.
  
 Gary Schmidt is the best-selling author of many books for young readers, including the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor book, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, and the Newbery Honor book, The Wednesday Wars. He is a professor of English at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
  
 Tecumseh District Library invites all to this special event. The library is located at 215 North Ottawa Street. For additional information, call Chuck Harpst, Reference/Local History Librarian, at the library, 423-2238. The library's web site can be accessed at http://www.tecumsehlibrary.org.
  


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