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Join us for a talk by author Larry Roeder on the book he coauthored with Barry Harrelson, Dirt Don't Burn: A Black Community's Struggle for Educational Equality Under Segregation. In this narrative of an extraordinary community that overcame the cultural and legal hurdles of systematic racism, the authors describe how Loudoun County, Virginia, which once denied educational opportunity to Black Americans, gradually increased the equality of education for all children in the area. The book sheds new light on the history of segregation and inequity in America. It provides new historical details and insights into African American experiences based on original research through thousands of previously lost records, archival NAACP files and records of educational philanthropies. The discussion with Roeder will be moderated by Nathan Bailey with the Edwin Washington Project, an effort to process and preserve newly discovered archives from Loudoun County schools.

A book signing will follow the talk.

The Carole Weinstein Author Series supports the literary arts by bringing both new and well-known authors to the Library of Virginia through online or in-person events. Free and open to the public, the series focuses on Virginia authors and Virginia subjects across all genres. This book is available at the Virginia Shop. For more information, contact Anne McCrery at anne.mccrery@lva.virginia.gov or 804.692.3568.

This is a free event. Seating in the Lecture Hall is available on a first come, first served basis. Limited free parking is available in the deck underneath the Library building.