[Michlib-l] Tonight: Elizabeth McRae author of Mothers of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy.

[Thomas Trahey]

For the twelfth Shifting Landscapes program author Elizabeth McRae will
speak about women's role in the White Power movement. Tonight at 7pm on
Zoom (mcdl.pub/sl-zoom) or live in Downtown Ludington.

Mason County District Library and Abondia Center continue to explore
race and racism in the public lecture series Shifting Landscapes on
Monday February 21, with Elizabeth Gillespie McRae presenting White
Women’s Role in the White Power Movement at 7-8:30 pm at the
Ludington Area Center for the Arts, and on Zoom. Elizabeth Gillespie
McRae's scholarly interests center on race, politics, and education in
the postwar United States. She is the Creighton Sossoman Professor of
History at Western Carolina University where she also co-directs the
Appalachian Oral History Project. McRae is the author of Mothers of
Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White
Supremacy.
This 2021-2022 series is exploring six areas of our lives that
have been reshaped during the Covid-19 epidemic and the many
events that have occurred in the past 2 years. Race and racism is the
fourth topic in the Shifting Landscapes series.
In asking questions about the nature and purpose of racism, the
Shifting Landscapes’ series seeks to address questions on people’s
minds. It also hopes the information helps people get more from news
sources, as well as professionals and others about social issues and
news that matters to them.
Shifting Landscapes series focuses this month on race and
racism Feb 21- White Women’s Role in the White Power Movement).
Additional topics include Truth in Politics (Mar 7, 14, 21), and
Economics (Apr 4, 11, 18).
Events are free, live or by Zoom. Tickets are not necessary but
registration is helpful. To register: mcdl.pub/sl-register. To simply join
the Zoom presentation, go to http://mcdl.pub/SL-zoom . For information
check the Mason County District Library website: mcdlibrary.org or
contact Thomas Trahey, Mason County District Library at
ttrahey at mcdlibrary.org or Brooke Portmann, director of Abondia
Center, at baportmann312 at gmail.com
This project has been funded by grants from Michigan Council for
Arts and Cultural Affairs and Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of the
National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Thomas Trahey
Mason County District Library
Head of Circulation
231-843-8465
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