Disappearing Ink: A Bibliography of Books by and about Rhode Island African Americans

Book launch at a special reception and talk with author Robb Dimmick on Tuesday, September 29th, 5:00pm at the Providence Athenaeum, 251 Benefit Street in Providence. The event is free and open to the public and includes a pop-up exhibit of some of the books in the bibliography.

The book assembles an extraordinary history of African Americans’ contributions to the literature of our state. With nearly 900 entries, the bibliography evidences the surprising amount of material on the subject of Black life in Rhode Island, a state whose geographic smallness belies its enormous accomplishments.