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How the 'Camel City' Got Sold on a Segregated Future
Knollwood Baptist Church 330 Knollwood Street Winston-Salem, NC 27104Get directions

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM

36.0945979, -80.287622

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Knollwood Baptist Church 330 Knollwood Street Winston-Salem, NC 27104Get directions
Knollwood Baptist Church 330 Knollwood Street Winston-Salem, NC 27104Get directions
Winston-Salem
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MUSE Winston-Salem, Faith in the City, and Bookmarks invite you to an author talk and discussion with Dr. Karen Benjamin, author of the brand new book, Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before the New Deal (University of North Carolina Press, 2025).Dr. Karen Benjamin is the Lester Brune and Joan Brune Endowed Chair of History at Elmhurst University (Illinois). She graduated with a Ph.D. in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2007.Thanks to generous support from the Winston-Salem Foundation, the first 100 registrants for this event will receive a free boxed lunch.Thank you to Knollwood Baptist Church for hosting this event!When you register, you'll also have the opportunity to reserve a copy of the book through Bookmarks at a discount price of $28.00 (taxes included). More info about the book here: https://bookmarksnc.org/book/9781469684949