April Virtual Author Talk: Tobey Pearl

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• Terror to the Wicked by Tobey Pearl
• Tuesday, April 13, 2021—6:00pm EST on Zoom
• Presented by the Boston Public Library, American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), and the State Library of Massachusetts
  
  

We invite you to join us for an online conversation with Tobey Pearl, author of the new book, Terror to the Wicked: America's First Trial by Jury That Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation. This talk is presented in partnership with the Boston Public Library and American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society.

The year: 1638. The setting: Providence, near Plymouth Colony. A young Nipmuc tribesman returning home from trading beaver pelts is fatally stabbed in a robbery in the woods near Plymouth Colony by a vicious white runaway indentured servant. The tribesman, fighting for his life, is able with his final breaths to reveal the details of the attack to Providence’s governor, Roger Williams. A frantic manhunt by the fledgling government ensues to capture the killer and his gang. Their success and the trial that followed changed the course of America’s future, ending the two-year Pequot War and bringing about a peace that allowed the colonies to become a full-blown nation. 

Piecing together a fascinating narrative through original research and first-rate detective work, Tobey Pearl recreates in detail this startling, pivotal moment in pre-revolutionary America as she examines the evolution of our nascent civil liberties and the role of the jury as a safeguard against injustice.

Author Tobey Pearl earned degrees in law and international relations from Boston University and studied international law at the University of Hong Kong. She practiced law and taught at Emerson College, and she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

To register for this free online event, please visit: https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/60415721e85a2b2f009a948d

And be sure to check out the other upcoming events hosted by our partners!

• Boston Public Library: https://www.bpl.org/author-talk-series-at-the-central-library/ 
• American Ancestors/NEHGS: https://www.americanancestors.org/inspire

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State Library of Massachusetts

March Virtual Author Talk: Carla Gardina Pestana

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• The World of Plymouth Plantation by Carla Gardina Pestana
• Thursday, March 25, 2021—6:00pm EST on Zoom
• Presented by Plimoth Patuxet and the State Library of Massachusetts
  
  

Join Plimoth Patuxet Museums and the State Library of Massachusetts for a free online conversation with Carla Gardina Pestana about The World of Plymouth Plantation, as part of the State Library’s virtual author talk program. Richard Pickering, Plimoth Patuxet Museums’ Chief Historian, will serve as interviewer, and Beth Carroll-Horrocks, Head of Special Collections at the State Library of Massachusetts, will introduce the program. Please register for the event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/conversation-with-carla-gardina-pestana-on-the-world-of-plymouth-plantation-tickets-143744021237

The English settlement at Plymouth has usually been seen in isolation. The 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s arrival in 1620 and the events of our recent past have prompted a fresh look. In the past, the colonists gained our attention in part because we envisioned them arriving on a desolate, frozen shore, far from assistance and forced to endure a deadly first winter alone. Yet Plymouth has been, from its first year, integrated with the world around it. Going beyond the tales we learned from schoolbooks, Carla Gardina Pestana offers a new and illuminating account of life in Plymouth Plantation.

Carla Gardina Pestana is Professor of History and Joyce Appleby Endowed Chair of America in the World at the University of California, Los Angeles. A Guggenheim Fellow, she is the author of The English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell’s Bid for Empire and The English Atlantic in an Age of Revolution, 1640–1661.

Author Talks Committee
State Library of Massachusetts

Virtual Author Talk: Anna Malaika Tubbs

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  The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs, in conversation with L’Merchie Frazier
• Tuesday, February 23, 2021—6:00pm EST on Zoom
• Presented by the Boston Public Library, the Museum of African American History, American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society, and the State Library of Massachusetts

Join us on February 23 for an online conversation with Anna Malaika Tubbs, author of The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation. The State Library is pleased to partner once again with the Boston Public Library (BPL), the Museum of African American History (MAAH), and American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society (AA/NEHGS) to bring you this online event as part of the BPL's Repairing America Series. The moderator for this talk will be MAAH Director of Education and Interpretation, L’Merchie Frazier.

In her groundbreaking and essential debut book The Three Mothers, scholar Anna Malaika Tubbs celebrates Black mother­hood by telling the story of the women who raised and shaped three of America’s most pivotal figures: Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin. Early reviews praise The Three Mothers as “an essential celebration of Black women, one that illuminates the history of racism and resistance in critical new ways” and “a fascinating exploration into the lives of three women ignored by history after raising sons who helped shape a movement.”

Anna Malaika Tubbs is a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at Cambridge University, where she also earned an MA in Multidisciplinary Gender Studies; her undergraduate degree in Anthropology is from Stanford University. A passionate writer and speaker on issues of gender and race, Tubbs is an educator and a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant. Her work has been featured in the Huffington Post, For Harriet, Darling Magazine, and Blavity, and as the First Partner of Stockton, California (2016–2020), she co-authored the first Report on the Status of Women in Stockton.

Be sure to register for this free virtual event, and also check out other upcoming author events hosted by our partners:

• Boston Public Library: https://www.bpl.org/author-talk-series-at-the-central-library/
• Museum of African American History: https://www.maah.org/events
• NEHGS/American Ancestors: https://www.americanancestors.org/inspire

Author Talks Committee
State Library of Massachusetts