Human Rights Book Club

The Human Rights Book Club is dedicated to reading and discussing topics relevant to the advancement of global human rights

This group meets on the 2nd Thursday at 7 pm at the Black History Museum in the months of January, March, May, July, September and November.

Each meeting is moderated by an expert in the field and each meeting has created a lively and insightful conversation among attendees.

Currently Reading:

A Secret Gift by Ted Gup

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A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness--and a Trove of Letters--Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression (Paperback)

By Ted Gup

$16.00

ISBN-13: 9780143120001
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 10/2011

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"A wonderful reminder that economic hardship can bring suffering but can also foster compassion and community." -The Boston Globe

In hard economic times like these, readers will find bestselling author Ted Gup's unique book uplifting as well as captivating. Inside a suitcase kept in his mother's attic, Gup discovered letters written to his grandfather in response to an ad placed in a Canton, Ohio, newspaper in 1933 that offered cash to seventy-five families facing a devastating Christmas. The author travels coast to coast to unveil the lives behind the letters, describing a range of hardships and recreating in his research the hopes and suffering of Depression-era Americans, even as he uncovers the secret life led by the grandfather he thought he knew.