Book Discussion: MOTHER EMANUEL by Kevin Sack

We are returning to nonfiction this month! Let's plan to discuss Kevin Sack's Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in one Charleston Church.

DATE INFO: While we will meet at Wandering Leaf Brewing in St. Paul again, please note that we will meet on a THURSDAY night this month in an attempt to avoid competition for seats with the ongoing mahjong tournament. If you want to attend and you won't be able to as a result of this shift, reach out and let us know!

Here's a summary of the book:
"When a white supremacist intent on fomenting a race war shot and killed nine members of a Bible study class at Charleston’s Emanuel A.M.E. Church in 2015, he struck at the heart of the oldest African American Episcopal congregation in the South, in a city that had been the center of the country’s slave trade and the place where the Civil War began.
Assigned to cover the aftermath of the massacre for The New York Times, Sack understood that the story carried far-reaching symbolic weight. His resulting book, nearly 10 years in the making, is a timely feat of research and reporting, a vivid chronicle of the Black church’s essential role in America’s story, and a surpassingly eloquent testament to resistance, resilience and faith."

See you then!