Name: “The New Brownies’ Book”: An Evening with Charly Palmer and Karida L. Brown
Start: 2025-10-02T17:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-10-02T20:00:00-05:00
Location: 5700 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO, United States, Missouri 63112

$\u201cThe New Brownies\u2019 Book\u201d: An Evening with Charly Palmer and Karida L. Brown$

Join us for the second annual African American History Initiatives Black Writers event. This program will highlight "The New Brownies’ Book: A Love Letter to Black Families" by esteemed scholar Karida L. Brown and award-winning artist Charly Palmer, which was written as an ode to the first Black youth magazine, "The Brownies Book," published by W. E. B. Du Bois in 1920. Learn more about this stunning book bursting with essays, poems, photographs, paintings, and short stories reflecting on the joy and depth of the Black experience. Following the program, books will be available for purchase and signing.
LEARN MORE: https://mohistory.org/events/brownies-book
Presented by WashU.
Media Partner: St. Louis Magazine
Come back for more! Thursday Nights at the Museum are sometimes the most fun, sometimes the most thought-provoking, and always the most interesting night of your week. The museum exhibits are open late, and you’ll enjoy cash bar and food for purchase, pop-up activities, lectures, and more.