A conversation with Nancy Johnson
Schedule
Thu Feb 05 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
7619 Memphis Avenue, Brooklyn, OH 44144 | Brooklyn, OH
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Join us at our Brooklyn Branch for a conversation with Nancy Johnson, author of "People of Means."Register: https://attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/15029649
A native of Chicago’s South Side, Johnson worked for more than a decade as an Emmy-nominated, award-winning television journalist at CBS and ABC affiliates in markets nationwide. Nancy’s debut novel, "The Kindest Lie," was a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection and was named one of the most anticipated books of 2021 by Newsweek, O, the Oprah Magazine, Shondaland, NBC News, Marie Claire, ELLE, The Chicago Tribune, Good Housekeeping, Parade, Refinery29, and more. A graduate of Northwestern University and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Nancy lives in downtown Chicago where she’s a director of brand journalism and storytelling for a large health care nonprofit.
In "People of Means," in the fall of 1959, Freda Gilroy arrives on the campus of Fisk University full of hope, carrying a suitcase and the voice of her father telling her she’s part of a family legacy of Black excellence. Soon, the ugliness of the Jim Crow South intrudes, and Freda, reluctant to get involved, is torn between a soon-to-be doctor and an audacious young activist. Freda must decide how much she’s willing to risk in the name of justice.
In 1992 Chicago, Freda’s daughter, Tulip, is an ambitious PR professional on track for an exciting career, if workplace politics and racial microaggressions don’t get in her way. But with the ruling in the Rodney King trial weighing heavily on her, Tulip feels called to action and must choose, just like her mother had three decades prior, what her role will be in the story of America’s quest for equality.
📕 Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Mac's Backs - Books on Coventry.
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