April 24 @ 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm
A book reading, signing, and meet & greet celebrating Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Lawrence P. Jackson’s latest manuscript, Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore (Greywolf, 344 p.). Shelter is a probing portrait of the misunderstood city of Baltimore by a returning native son. In resonant prose, Jackson ably conveys the feuding aspirations and unease of the Black middle class in Baltimore. The result is a stirring reflection on the meaning of home.
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![Lawrence's speech](https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/billie-holiday/files/2022/04/JB1_0166.jpg)
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![Dr. Amen](https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/billie-holiday/files/2022/04/JB1_0293.jpg)
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![Dr. Amen and Jazmine Biggs](https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/billie-holiday/files/2022/04/JB1_0340.jpg)
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