1. Spots are still available for teens to join Ellis Cose, award-winning journalist and best-selling author, at the Schomburg Center this summer for an epic debate: DOES RACE STILL MATTER TO TEENAGERS TODAY? as part of the Summer Reading Series and Essay Contest.

    Ellis Cose’s new book, The End of Anger: A New Generation’s Take on Race and Rage, sets the stage for a dynamic series of conversations with young people about the rise and fall of racist attitudes in America over the years.

    Free books available for participants.  For more information, contact schomburged@nypl.org.

    The Fletcher Foundation is sponsoring The End of Anger Reading Series and Essay Contest.  

  2. Summer Reading Series and Essay Contest

    On Saturday, June 23 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., the Schomburg will kick-off its Summer Reading Series and Essay Contest: DOES RACE STILL MATTER TO TEENAGERS TODAY? using Ellis Cose’s new book The End of Anger: A New Generation’s Take on Race and Rage

    For more information, please visit: http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/64/node/171235?lref=64%2Fcalendar

    Or email: schomburged@nypl.org

    Sponsored by the Fletcher Foundation