Char Adams, author portrait
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Char Adams

Char Adams is a former reporter for NBC News and for People. Her writing on race and identity has appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, Oprah Daily, Vice, Teen Vogue, and Bustle. She is a proud Philadelphia native and now lives in the Dallas–Fort Worth area.
Black-Owned

Thu Nov 13 | 07:00 PM
THE DOCK BOOKSHOP Char Adams in convo with Donya Craddock
6637 MEADOWBROOK DR
FORT WORTH, TX 76112-5240
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Fri Nov 14 | 07:00 PM
The Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture & History in conversation with Katie Mitchell
101 Auburn Ave SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
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Tue Nov 18 | 06:00 PM
Class Bookstore at Shrine Cultural and Events Center Char Adams in conversation with Aswad Walker
5309 Martin Luther King Blvd
Houston, TX 77021
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Sat Jan 17
UNDERGROUND BOOKS
2814 35TH ST
SACRAMENTO, CA 95817-2817
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Thu Nov 13 | 07:00 PM
THE DOCK BOOKSHOP Char Adams in convo with Donya Craddock
6637 MEADOWBROOK DR
FORT WORTH, TX 76112-5240
Google Map

Fri Nov 14 | 07:00 PM
The Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture & History in conversation with Katie Mitchell
101 Auburn Ave SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
Google Map

Tue Nov 18 | 06:00 PM
Class Bookstore at Shrine Cultural and Events Center Char Adams in conversation with Aswad Walker
5309 Martin Luther King Blvd
Houston, TX 77021
Google Map

Sat Jan 17
UNDERGROUND BOOKS
2814 35TH ST
SACRAMENTO, CA 95817-2817
Google Map

Dear Librarians: A Letter from Char Adams, Author of Black-Owned

As I prepare now to release Black-Owned, my greatest hope is that readers will find in these stories that same sense of community. My hope is we will gain a deeper understanding of just how much we need one another. Prison abolitionist and organizer Mariame Kaba often says, “Everything worthwhile is done with other people.”

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