You're invited to the Libraries' 4th annual Black History Month Lecture this Sunday!
- VCU Libraries Lecture
- Julian Houston
- Readings and a discussion of his novel, New Boy
- Sunday, February 19, 2006
- 7:30 pm
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- W. E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts
- 922 Park Avenue
The VCU Friends of the Library and the VCU Libraries invite you to attend their 4th annual Black History Month lecture. Julian Houston will be reading from and discussing his novel, New Boy, on Sunday, February 19, 2006, beginning at 7:30 pm in the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Avenue. This event is free and open to the public. A book signing and reception will follow the lecture. Parking is available for a fee at the West Main and West Cary Street parking decks. If special accommodations are needed, please contact Kimberly Separ or Antonia FD Vassar at (804) 828-1105 prior to Thursday, February 16, 2006.
Julian Houston was born in Richmond, Virginia, and educated in the public schools of that city before attending the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut. He attended Boston University and was a community organizer in Harlem during the civil rights movement. He is now an associate justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts. Judge Houston has initiated a number of programs that build and strengthen relationships between communities, including Roxbury Youthworks, a development program for inner-city youth, and Long Road to Justice: The African American Experience in the Massachusetts Courts, a multimedia exhibit.
--Kimberly Separ, Director of Development and Community Relations - Library Administration