Abbie Book Group 6/25 at 3 p.m.

The next Abbie Greenleaf Library Book Group read will be “Loving vs. Virginia” by Patricia Powell. A limited number of books are now available at the library. Send us an email to reserve your copy: info@abbielibrary.org

Discussion will take place on Thursday, June 25 at 3 p.m. outside the library. If it rains we will relocate to the gazebo at the Dow.

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“Loving vs. Virginia” from acclaimed author Patricia Hruby Powell comes the story of a landmark civil rights case, told in spare and gorgeous verse. In 1955, in Caroline County, Virginia, amidst segregation and prejudice, injustice and cruelty, two teenagers fell in love. Their life together broke the law, but their determination would change it. Richard and Mildred Loving were at the heart of a Supreme Court case that legalized marriage between races, and a story of the devoted couple who faced discrimination, fought it, and won. - excerpted from Amazon