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'Kin: Rooted in Hope' uses poetry to unearth Black family roots

"Kin: Rooted in Hope" by author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Jeffrey Boston Weatherford
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"Kin: Rooted in Hope" by author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Jeffrey Boston Weatherford

Tom's guests are Carole Boston Weatherford, an award-winning author, and her award-winning son, Jeffery Boston Weatherford, who is an acclaimed illustrator. They have collaborated on a powerful book about their family’s journey in Maryland, from enslavement to freedom. It’s called Kin: Rooted in Hope. 

Carole and Jeffrey will speak about the book tonight at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture.

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