Adult Book Discussion: Three Girls from Bronzeville

Join King Branch for a discussion of Dawn Turner's memoir Three Girls from Bronzeville. "They were three Black girls. Dawn, tall and studious; her sister, Kim, younger by three years and headstrong as they come; and her best friend, Debra, already prom-queen pretty by third grade. They bondedÑfervently and intensely in that unique way of little girlsÑas they roamed the concrete landscape of Bronzeville, a historic neighborhood on ChicagoÕs South Side, the destination of hundreds of thousands of Black folks who fled the ravages of the Jim Crow South.These third-generation daughters of the Great Migration come of age in the 1970s, in the warm glow of the recent civil rights movement. It has offered them a promise, albeit nascent and fragile, that they will have more opportunities, rights, and freedoms than any generation of Black Americans in history. Their working-class, striving parents are eager for them to realize this hard-fought potential. But the girls have much more immediate concerns: hiding under the dining room table and eavesdropping on grown folksÕ business; collecting secret treasures; and daydreaming about their futuresÑDawn and Debra, doctors, Kim a teacher. For a brief, wondrous moment the girls are all giggles and dreams and promises of Òfriends forever.Ó And then fate intervenes, first slowly and then dramatically, sending them careening in wildly different directions. ThereÕs heartbreak, loss, displacement, and even murder. Dawn struggles to make sense of the shocking turns that consume her sister and her best friend, all the while asking herself a simple but profound question: Why?" Provided by publisher. AccessibilityNeed sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event.

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