Kevin Sack Book Talk: Mother Emanuel

Kevin Sack is the author of Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church (Crown, June 3, 2025). It explores the 200-year history of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC, site of the 2015 massacre of nine parishioners by a young white supremacist.

Sack is a veteran journalist who has written broadly about national affairs for more than four decades and has shared in three Pulitzer Prizes. Sack spent 30 years on the staff of The New York Times, where he was a senior writer, and worked previously for the Los Angeles Times and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. His work also has been featured in The New York Times Magazine.

At Fairfax Presbyterian Church, Sack will be in conversation with the Rev. William H. Lamar IV, pastor of Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, DC.

The event is open to the public and free of charge, but EventBrite tickets are required for planning purposes. For more information, contact the Rev. Henry Brinton at Fairfax Presbyterian, [email protected]

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Fairfax Presbyterian Church, 10723 Main Street, Fairfax, United States