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SUMMARY:The BAR Member Meeting
DESCRIPTION:In this New York Times bestseller\, Elie Mystal offers a brilliant takedown of ten shocking pieces of legislation that continue to perpetuate hate\, racial bias\, injustice\, and inequality today-an urgent yet hopeful read for our current political climate \n“Mystal is a grassroots legal superhero\, and his superpower is the ability to explain to the masses in clear language the all-too-human forces at play behind the making of our laws.” –Michael Eric Dyson\, New York Times bestselling author of Tears We Cannot StopIn Bad Law\, the New York Times bestselling author of Allow Me To Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution reimagines what our legal system\, and society at large\, could look like if we could move past legislation plagued by racism\, misogyny\, and corruption. Through accessible yet detailed prose and trenchant wit\, Mystal argues that these egregiously awful laws–his “Bill of Wrongs”–continue to cause systematic and individual harm and should be repealed completely. \nBy exposing the flawed foundations of the rules we live by\, and through biting humor and insight\, Bad Law offers a crisp\, pertinent take on: \nabortion and the Hyde Amendment\, and the role federal funding\, or lack thereof\, has played in depriving women of necessary health and reproductive care \nimmigration and illegal reentry\, and the illusions that have been sold to us regarding immigration policy\, reform\, and whiteness at large \nvoter registration laws\, and how the right to vote has become a moral issue\, and ironically\, antidemocratic \ngun control and the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act\, and the extreme yet obvious dangers of granting immunity to gun manufacturers \nBut\, as the man Samantha Bee calls “irrepressible and righteously indignant” and Matt Levine of Bloomberg Opinion calls “the funniest lawyer in America\,” points out\, these laws do not come to us from on high; we write them\, and we can and should unwrite them. In a fierce\, funny\, and wholly original takedown spanning all the hot-button topics in the country today\, one of our most brilliant legal thinkers points the way to a saner tomorrow.
URL:https://brothersalsoread.com/event/the-bar-member-meeting-21/
LOCATION:The LOVE Building\, 4731 Grand River Ave\, Detroit\, MI\, 48208\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member
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SUMMARY:The BAR Virtual Meeting - 12/18/25
DESCRIPTION:Published during a literary era marked by the ascendance of black writers such as Richard Wright\, Ralph Ellison\, James Baldwin\, and Alex Haley\, this thinly fictionalized account of Claude Brown’s childhood as a hardened\, streetwise criminal trying to survive the toughest streets of Harlem has been heralded as the definitive account of everyday life for the first generation of African Americans raised in the Northern ghettos of the 1940s and 1950s. \nWhen the book was first published in 1965\, it was praised for its realistic portrayal of Harlem—the children\, young people\, hardworking parents; the hustlers\, drug dealers\, prostitutes\, and numbers runners; the police; the violence\, sex\, and humor. \nThe book continues to resonate generations later\, not only because of its fierce and dignified anger\, not only because the struggles of urban youth are as deeply felt today as they were in Brown’s time\, but also because of its inspiring message. Now with an introduction by Nathan McCall\, here is the story about the one who “made it\,” the boy who kept landing on his feet and grew up to become a man. \nWith millions of copies in print\, Manchild in the Promised Land is one of the most remarkable autobiographies of our time—the definitive account of African-American youth in Harlem of the 1940s and 1950s\, and a seminal work of modern literature.
URL:https://brothersalsoread.com/event/the-bar-virtual-meeting-12-18-25/
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SUMMARY:The BAR Member Meeting - 1/17/2026
DESCRIPTION:“In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time\, Octavia Butler’s ‘Parable’ books may be unmatched.”—The New Yorker \nFrom a celebrated\, award-winning author\, a modern classic about a young girl fighting for survival in a post-apocalyptic world\, perfect for fans of N.K. Jemisin and Margaret Atwood. \nFifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father\, family\, and neighbors\, sheltered from the surrounding social chaos and anarchy caused by climate change and economic crisis. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk\, she suffers from hyperempathy—a debilitating sensitivity to others’ emotions. \nPrecocious and clear-eyed\, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny. \nIncludes a foreword by LeVar Burton and an afterword by N. K. Jemisin \nLauren’s story continues in The Parable of the Talents.
URL:https://brothersalsoread.com/event/the-bar-member-meeting-1-17-2026/
LOCATION:The LOVE Building\, 4731 Grand River Ave\, Detroit\, MI\, 48208\, United States
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SUMMARY:The BAR Member Meeting - 3/21/2026
DESCRIPTION:From a celebrated author\, the thrilling sequel to The Parable of the Sower—a cautionary novel ahead of its time\, perfect for fans of The Broken Earth trilogy. \nIn 2032\, Lauren Olamina has survived the destruction and ruin of everything she knew. Her peaceful community based on her newly founded faith\, Earthseed\, provides refuge for outcasts facing persecution after the election of an ultra-conservative president. Under his rule\, Lauren’s colony—a minority religious faction led by a young Black woman—becomes a target for the president’s reign of terror and oppression. \nYears later\, Asha Vere reads the journals of a mother she never knew. As she searches for answers\, she struggles to reconcile with the legacy of a mother caught between her duty to her chosen family and her calling to lead humankind into a better future. \n“In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time\, Octavia Butler’s ‘Parable’ books may be unmatched.”—The New Yorker
URL:https://brothersalsoread.com/event/the-bar-member-meeting-3-21-2026/
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SUMMARY:Thursday Night Read
DESCRIPTION:The Black Family Who Built America – the McKissacks\, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers by Cheryl McKissack Daniel with Nick Chiles. \nsign up below: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBKHnsmjWfG8DTKZk4Wyvms-8xjkicexF9dLTvayx1qOrwJQ/viewform?usp=publish-editor
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SUMMARY:Animal Farm by George Orwell.
DESCRIPTION:Animal Farm is a sharp and timeless political allegory that explores power\, leadership\, and corruption. The story follows a group of farm animals who overthrow their human owner\, hoping to build a society based on equality and fairness. What begins as a revolution for freedom slowly transforms into a system just as oppressive as the one they replaced.\nThrough characters like the ambitious pigs and the hardworking horse Boxer\, Orwell reveals how easily ideals can be manipulated when power is concentrated in the hands of a few. The famous principle—“All animals are equal”—gradually becomes distorted\, exposing the dangers of blind loyalty\, propaganda\, and unchecked authority.\nAt its core\, Animal Farm is not just about politics—it’s about human nature. It challenges readers to think critically about leadership\, question narratives\, and recognize how quickly truth can be reshaped when people stop paying attention.
URL:https://brothersalsoread.com/event/animal-farm-by-george-orwell/
LOCATION:The LOVE Building\, 4731 Grand River Ave\, Detroit\, MI\, 48208\, United States
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