News & EVENTS

BOOK LAUNCH EVENTS

April 25 — Greenville, SC — Liberty Fellowship 20th Anniversary Dinner

June 2 — Charleston, SC — Pre-publication sneak peek for members of Mother Emanuel and the A.M.E. community, in conversation with Dr. John Thomas, editor of The Christian Recorder — Emanuel A.M.E. Church, 110 Calhoun Street — 7 p.m. — https://e.onrealm.org/events/ac845c7f-b5f6-489e-90c3-b2ad01436d41/meetings/1fcf57cb-96c0-4e83-a2be-b2ad01436d47

June 3 — Charleston, SC — Official Book Launch — In conversation with Carolyn Murray, anchor at WCBD-TV — Charleston Library Society, 164 King Street, in conjunction with Buxton Books — 6 p.m. — https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/honoring-mother-emanuel/

June 5 — Columbia, SC — In conversation with Dr. Bobby Donaldson, director of the Center for Civil Rights History and Research, University of South Carolina — Allen University, Waverly Building, 2200 Hampton Street, in conjunction with All Good Books — 5:30 p.m. — https://allgoodbooks.com/events/2649020250605

June 9 — Savannah, GA — In conversation with Jordyn Holman, business reporter for The New York Times — The Seminar (private forum for senior communications and public affairs professionals) — 3 p.m.

June 10 Atlanta, GA — In conversation with Rev. Dr. Robert M. Franklin, Jr., James T. and Berta R. Laney Professor in Moral Leadership at Emory University and former President of Morehouse College — Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road, NW — 7 p.m. — https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/kevin-sack-in-conversation-with-robert-franklin/

June 11 — Washington, DC — In conversation with Robert Samuels of The Washington Post, Pulitzer Prize winning co-author of His Name Is George Floyd — Politics and Prose at The Wharf, 610 Water Street, SW — 7 p.m. — https://politics-prose.com/kevin-sack

June 12 — Baltimore, MD — In conversation with Dr. Karsonya Wise Whitehead, professor of communication and African American studies at Loyola University Maryland and host of Today with Dr. Kaye on WEAA-FM — Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral Street — 7 p.m. — https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kevin-sack-mother-emanuel-tickets-1284392254809

June 13 — Fairfax, VA — In conversation with Rev. William H. Lamar IV, pastor of Metropolitan A.M.E. Church of Washington, DC — Fairfax Presbyterian Church, 10723 Main Street — 7 p.m. — https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kevin-sack-book-talk-mother-emanuel-tickets-1297747069419

June 20 — Jacksonville, FL — Jacksonville Public Library Lit Chat, in conversation with Isaiah M. Oliver, president of The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida — Main Library, 303 N. Laura Street — 4 p.m. — https://jaxpubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/13505714

June 23 — Cambridge, MA — In conversation with James Dao, editorial page editor of The Boston Globe — Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue — 7 p.m. — https://www.harvard.com/event/kevin-sack

June 25 — Savannah, GA — In conversation with Rev. Thurmond N. Tillman, pastor of historic First African Baptist Church — The Learning Center, 3025 Bull Street — 12 p.m.

July 23 — Atlanta, GA — UNITE conference, sponsored by UNCF — Signia by Hilton Atlanta, 159 Northside Drive NW — 11:15 a.m.

September 25 — New York, NY — Trinity Talks, in conversation with the Rev. Phillip A. Jackson, rector — Trinity Church, 89 Broadway — 6:30 p.m.

COVERAGE

New York Times' Kevin Sack dives into Mother Emanuel's history at CofC on Monday - Charleston City Paper

Spirited Brunch is an open book - The Food Section

Need a summer read? These are the South’s hottest new books — Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Sack’s Emanuel history defines massacre’s impact - Charleston City Paper