Book Signing & Talk with Barry Michael Cole
???? August 26, 2025???? 5:30–7:00 PM???? Ernest & Hadley Booksellers, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Join us for an evening with Barry Michael Cole, author of One Hundred Pearls, a historically rich novel inspired by a mass grave at Tannehill State Park. Cole’s work brings to life Sadie, a woman who lived a century and turned the tables on her enslavers, honoring the silent multitude buried under unmarked stones.
Barry Michael Cole, who teaches African American Literature at The University of Alabama, crafts stories that refuse to let the bloody history of American slavery be forgotten. Don’t miss this moving reading, conversation, and book signing, celebrating the power of memory and resistance.
? Free and open to the public. Light refreshments provided. ?
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