The Martin Luther King Jr. Branch is proud to host the book talk and signing of Michael Wynne’s latest biography titled, “All towards the elevation of the negro race in America…”: Jean Baptiste Lafargue, The “Negro” Who Re-Invented Black Education For America”.

Michael Wynne, collector, historian, speaker, and preservationist (just to name a few) will have books on hand for sale as he brings us new truths that have remained hidden for so long about the history and heritage of Jean Baptiste Lafargue. Joining Michael Wynne to enlighten and educate you, will be the great-great niece of J. B. Lafargue, environment reporter at The Times-Picayune/NOLA.com in New Orleans, and fiction writer from Los Angeles, Josette Abugov.