Join award-winning journalist and author Caleb Gayle for a discussion of his new book Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State, which tells the remarkable story of Edward McCabe, a Black man who tried to establish a Black state within the United States. After the presentation and Q&A you'll have the opportunity to purchase a signed copy of the book, courtesy of Book Ends.

Registration is appreciated but not required.

About the Book: In Black Moses, Gayle brings to vivid life the world of Edward McCabe: the Black people who believed in his dream of a Black state, the white politicians who didn’t, and the larger challenges of confronting the racism and exclusion that bedeviled Black people’s attempts to carve a place in America for themselves. Gayle draws from extraordinary research and reporting to reveal an America that almost was.

About the Author: Caleb Gayle is an award-winning journalist and the author of We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power.  A professor at Northeastern University, he is a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine, and his work also has appeared in The Atlantic, TIME, The Guardian, Guernica, The New Republic, and The Boston Globe.

This event is presented by the Winchester Public Library, Winchester ABC, and the Network for Social Justice.