Arts & Entertainment
Award winning Author to Speak/Book Signing
The Bolingbrook Arts Council is proud to present Glennette
Tilley Turner, renowned author and historian, to speak to families and sign books for the audience provided by the Bolingbrook Arts Council on Sat., Feb. 18th at 3 p.m. at The FriendshipMethodist Church at 305 W. Boughton Rd.
in Bolingbrook.
Ms. Turner was born in North Carolina in 1933 but raised in Illinois. Her mother was a teacher and her father, an engineer, was the first executive director of the SCLC.
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As an author, Turner has brought us a new awareness about the lives and contributions of African-Americans. Her emphasis on Sat. will be The Underground Railroad which allowed slaves to secretly, under great peril, make their way to Canada and freedom, housed by brave people both black and white, along the way.
She has information about such a house located in Bolingbrook; bringing history home to us. Don't miss this chance to witness a piece of history and take home one of her books. http://www.friendshipchurchumc.org/
