Hey listeners, I'm here to tell you about an exciting event that's happening on Sunday, May 4th.

It is called Stack the Shelves, and it is a special pop-up bookshop that the Stacks is hosting,

dedicated to supporting individuals and families impacted by the recent Los Angeles wildfires.

We're going to have books, author signings, a kid's corner, food, music, lawn games, special guests,

and more. And so now here's the part where I turn to you, the amazing stacks community,

and ask you for help. In order to make this day a smashing success, we need volunteers,

local to Los Angeles. We need your donations, which will be tax deductible

thanks to our partners at L.A. Room and Board, a fantastic nonprofit. 100% of your donations

will go directly to families, including gift cards to Octavia's bookshelf so they can continue

to build their libraries. And we need your help spreading the word. Head to the stackspodcast.com slash shelves to get all

the details. Again, that is the stackspodcast.com slash shelves. You know, there's just like some vivid

imagery in here where I was like, I will never forget this. I think it was really difficult about this particular book is they continue to get the best edit.

That's continuous.

And I don't think that it's about vilification, but I think it's about lifting the veil

and understanding that everybody has autonomy, regardless of how the society seems to be set up from the outside, that autonomy is very much there, very much within the grasp.

I'm like, you guys would not be participating in this if it did not benefit you.

Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host, Tracy

Thomas, and today is the Stacks Book Club Day. This month, we are discussing they were her

property, white women, as slave owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones Rogers,

with our returning guest, author and journalist Temby Denton Hearst. This groundbreaking work of

history challenges the longstanding narrative that white women were passive bystanders to slavery,

revealing the ways they actively participated in and profited from the institution.

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