For writer Angie Thomas, hip hop explains what it means to be young and black in this country today.  In this engrossing talk, The Hate U Give author explores the power of hip hop- from Tupac to Chance, Kendrick to Biggie Smalls- and shows what it can do as poetry, as connection and as a vital form of the news.  For middle school students to adults. 

Friends of the Chesterfield County Public Library will have priority seating and are invited to a pre-event reception and book signing that will begin at 6 p.m.  To register for the RECEPTION ONLY, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/friends-author-reception-with-angie-thomas-tickets-47137956898.

Chop Suey Books is the bookseller for this event.