The African American Museum of Iowa will partner with libraries in seven communities around the state of Iowa to present the Big Read. The Big Read is a national campaign to encourage Americans to read for fun and enlightenment. It provides innovative reading programs, and gives citizens an opportunity to read and discuss a single book within their own communities.
The featured book is Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, and the Museum will host programs in Des Moines, Fort Dodge, Waterloo, Davenport, Keokuk, Mount Pleasant, and Cedar Rapids. We will work with libraries and schools in these communities to present programs between January and March 2009. For a detailed list of events in your community please go to http://www.neabigread.org/events.php.
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