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Montgomery College to Host One Maryland One Book Program, Aug. 19
Cedric Jennings, Subject of Book “A Hope in the Unseen,” to Speak at Rockville Campus
Montgomery College
will host a special event on Tuesday, August 19, to celebrate Maryland’s first-ever statewide community
reading initiative, One Maryland One Book.
The initiative, developed by the Maryland Humanities Council, aims to get
millions of Marylanders reading, thinking about and talking about “A Hope in
the Unseen,” written by Ron Suskind about Cedric Jennings’ life. Jennings will share his personal story and sign books at 7 p.m., in the Theatre Arts Arena on Montgomery College’s Rockville Campus. This event
is free and open to the public.
“A Hope in the Unseen: An
American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League” looks at the challenges
that Jennings faced amidst the poverty and violence in inner city Washington,
D.C. and at his journey from Ballou High School to Brown University. In his
visit to Montgomery College, Jennings
will address the issues of class, race, education, social justice and identity.
Jennings’ courage and love of learning helped him succeed at
his Ivy League university. After earning a bachelor’s degree at Brown, Jennings earned master’s degrees from Harvard University
and the University
of Michigan.
Published in 1998, “A Hope
in the Unseen” was chosen as one of the best books of the year by The New York
Times, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Washington Monthly, and “Booklist.”.
The event at Montgomery College will be the first One Maryland One Book event in the
state. It is a collaboration between The Paul Peck Humanities Institute at
Montgomery College, the Montgomery College Libraries, the Montgomery College
Honors Program, the Montgomery County Public Libraries, The Gazette, Barnes and
Noble, Maryland Humanities Council, Maryland Center for the Book, Institute for
Museum and Library Services, Maryland State Department of Education and the
Bank of America. Refreshments will be provided by The Friends of the Library, Montgomery County.
For more information about
Cedric Jennings and Ron Suskind’s book “A Hope in the Unseen,” visit www.ronsuskind.com/hopeintheunseen/.
To learn more about the One Maryland One Book initiative, go to: www.mdhc.org/programs/one-maryland-one-book/.
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Montgomery College is a public,
open admissions community college with campuses in Germantown, Rockville, and
Takoma Park/Silver Spring, plus workforce development/continuing education
centers and off-site programs throughout Montgomery
County, Md. The
College serves nearly 60,000 students a year, through both credit and noncredit
programs, in more than 100 areas of study.
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