Social Justice Book Group will discuss books related to a topic of local, national or international importance. A librarian will introduce a book on the subject and group members are invited to introduce a book for discussion that they have read. Participants can join having read no book at all, just a curiosity for the topic. A recommended reading list for each month's topic will can he found HERE. 

The book is the 2002 recipient of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction and a National Book Award finalist. The discussion and listening session will focus on the cultural impact of various artists from Michael Jackson, Patti LaBelle, Billy Dee Williams, the Wu-Tan Clan, Dave Chappelle, and more.

The book’s title comes from words spoken by singer Josephine Baker at the 1963 March on Washington. Baker, who lived and performed in France for most of her career said, "I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too… But I could not walk into a hotel in America and get a cup of coffee, and that made me mad. And when I get mad, you know that I open my big mouth. And then look out, ’cause when Josephine opens her mouth, they hear it all over the world.” 

Physical books are availiable at the reference desk of the main library.

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