Join the teams from the Black On Black Project and the Malloy/Jordan East Winston Heritage Center on Thursday, March 26 for the second in a series of FREE author talks that invites guests to learn more about the community and to hear from authors with local ties. Selected titles in the series helped shape the content and scope of the Undying Yearning project, which peers into Winston-Salem's past to understand how and why Black institutions thrived. This event will feature Damarius Johnson, historian and co-editor of Picturing Black History: Photographs and Stories that Changed the World.

The talk will focus on the power of images and memory. Specifically, how the meaning of the past is shaped by the varied perspectives of community members. Using the book as a pathway into Winston-Salem's history, we'll consider our collective memory, the process of how we come to memory, and how we access memory to understand the significance of our community.

The event will take place at the Forsyth County Health and Human Services Annex 1 Auditorium (map) and begins at 6 p.m. Please RSVP. Parking is available in the lots associated with the campus, and you’ll receive a detailed map in your registration.

The series is hosted by the Malloy/Jordan East Winston Heritage Center and presented by Michael S. Williams (Black On Black Project) and the North Carolina Museum of Art. Click the link below to register.