Boston Public Library (Central Library, Copley Square)

In the Mezzanine Conference Room. King speaks on his book The Execution of Willie Francis. After Willie Francis did not die at his scheduled execution, a year-long legal struggle ensued. Making its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, Willie’s story is an extraordinary and troubling tale of a brutal ... (lisää)crime, community vengeance, legal heroism, and constitutional law.

Rabb Lecture Hall. Professor George Lakoff author of Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, Whose Freedom?, and Don't Think of an Elephant!, explores the connections between cognitive science and political action. Why do many Americans vote against their own interests. Humans, ... (lisää)he argues, are not the rational creatures we’ve so long imagined ourselves to be. And savvy political campaigns should not assume people will use objective reasoning when deciding how to vote. Book signing will follow.

In Rabb Lecture Hall. The Soiling of Old Glory is historian Masur's study of the Pulitzer-Prize winning photograph by Stanley Forman. A book sale and signing will follow.

Rabb Lecture Hall, ext. 2212. Roy J. Harris, Jr. will speak on his book Pulitzer’s Gold: Behind the Prize for Public Service Journalism, the first thorough examination of America's greatest annual journalism prize over its 90-year history. This event takes place just days before the announcement ... (lisää)of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize winners.

Abbey Room, ext. 2212. In his new book, The Great Experiment, Strobe Talbott, former Deputy Secretary of State (1994 – 2001) and current president of the Brookings Institution, recounts the development of nation-states and the progression to a global nation (i.e. The League of Nations and the ... (lisää)U.N.). Through the lens of history and personal experience, he assesses the prospects for global cooperation and the United States’ role in the process. Book signing will follow lecture and discussion.

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In Rabb Lecture Hall. Joe Cronin was a Harvard professor and dean, State Secretary of Education, Chairman of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Education Committee, and has studied and written about Boston schools for more than fifty years.

In Rabb Lecture Hall (Ext. 2212). Susan Abulhawa discusses and reads from her recent novel, The Scar of David. A reception and signing take place at 5:30 p.m. Also, photographer Rania Matar presents black and white images of Middle Eastern women and the veil; and Qanunist (zither player) Jamal Sinno ... (lisää)offers performs in this fourth program of the Evelyn Abdalah Menconi Memorial Cultural Series.

Rabb Lecture Hall. A book sale and signing will follow.

In the Mezzanine Conference Room. In collaboration with the Chinese Historical Society of New England, this book contains more than 200 rare photographs.