Failure Teaches Too: From Black Girlhood to Adulthood in the Nation's Capital

Ms. Aressa Williams will discuss and share excerpts from In Deanwood, her memoir, which features narrative poems and stories she calls “word snapshots or word movies”. The book captures the good, bad, ugly of growing up in Washington, DC during the fifties through the seventies as the youngest of 14 children. The tight-knit Black community of professionals and shopkeepers is the backdrop of Williams’ childhood as she learns the values of education, integrity, and family. Through her recollections of siblings and schoolmates, everyday meals and unforgettable events, she reveals how her DC neighborhood was the epitome of “home.”
Ms. Williams, who used to teach English here at AACC, is the last of historian Chancellor Williams' 14 children. Refreshments will be available.

Although all are welcome to attend, the first 25 students who RSVP here on the Nest will receive a copy of Ms. Aressa Williams' book.

For more information contact Dr. April Copes at aecopes@aacc.edu or 410-777-2788.

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