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Voice Snatchers

Author Lonna Hardin

Voice Snatchers w/ Author Lonna Hardin

In honor of Black History Month, Kalamazoo author Lonna Hardin discussed the history of songs using “code language” to lead thousands to freedom on the Underground Railroad. During the program she introduced her new children’s book “Melody’s Song and the Adventures of the Sound Catchers.”

Recorded 02/19/2018

Presented Monday, February 19, 2018, at the Kalamazoo Public Library’s Oshtemo Branch Library.

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Timely Topics

Tags: author; black history; underground railroad

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