The Library of Virginia Book Talk Series Presents Many Minds, One Heart: SNCC’s Dream for a New America By Wesley C. Hogan Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at noon The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that Wesley Hogan will be with us to discuss and sign her new work, Many Minds, One Heart: SNCC’s Dream for a New America at noon on Wednesday, January 9, 2008. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) broke open the caste system in the American South between 1960 and 1965. In her new book, Hogan explores how the organization fostered significant social change in such a short time. She offers new insights into the internal dynamics of SNCC as well as the workings of the larger civil rights and Black Power movement of which it was a part. Hogan shows that SNCC laid the foundation for the emergence of the New Left and created new definitions of political leadership during the Civil Rights and Vietnam eras. She traces the ways other social movements—such as Black Power, women’s liberation, and the anti-war movement—adapted practices developed within SNCC to apply to their particular causes. Wesley C. Hogan is an assistant professor of history and co-director of the Institute for the Study of Race Relations at Virginia State University. The Library of Virginia is located at 800 East Broad Street in downtown Richmond. Free parking is available under the building. www.lva.virginia.gov 804.692.3900 Upcoming Events: Thursday, February 7, 2008 at noon Book Talk – An African Republic: Black and White Virginians in the Making of Liberia by Marie Tyler-McGraw Monday, February 11, 2008 at noon Book Talk – Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution by Woody Holton. Thursday, February 20, 2008 at 5:30 p.m. Book Talk – A More Perfect Constitution: 23 Proposals to Revitalize Our Constitution and Make America a Fairer Country by Larry Sabato. ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html