Join the teams from the Black On Black Project and the Malloy/Jordan East Winston Heritage Center for a series of FREE author talks that invites guests to learn more about the community and to hear from authors with local ties who wrote about Winston-Salem's rich history and statewide influence on education and business. 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. The specific focus is on the "Big Four" high schools and Kate Bitting Reynolds Memorial Hospital.

The author talks will take place at Forsyth County Health and Human Services Annex 1 Auditorium (map). The kick-off event will be Thursday, February 19 at 6 p.m. with the following authors:

• William Samuel Scales: African American in a Segregated Town, Linda Scales Dark
• African American Firsts of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County North Carolina: Pioneers Who Greatly Impacted This City, This County, This Nation and the World, Chenita B. Johnson

Additionally, attendees will be the first to see Blackademia, a short film about the significance of the "Big Four" high schools in Winston-Salem and part of the Undying Yearning project.

Forsyth County Health and Human Services Annex 1 Auditorium725 Highland AveWinston-Salem, NCUnited States (map)