Join the Library in welcoming author, historian, and researcher, Daryl T. Hinmon, in discussing his works and his efforts to celebrate lesser-known figures in Black History.
Hinmon will discuss the remarkable achievements of formerly enslaved African American ancestors and their descendants. Anything of value is typically hidden by nature, or other people, and it takes work to unearth valuable gems that will increase your worth. True Black History is one of those gems that was hidden from our enslaved ancestors because the true knowledge of their history would have made them 'forever unfit to be slaves'.
Your grade school education left you with the very false impression that ALL slaves were submissive, timid, illiterate, severely oppressed & dirt poor. Some may have been, but many were not. A vast number of enslaved Africans fought back, became educated, earned great wealth and purchased their freedom, yet you know little to nothing about them. Come discover and be inspired by their intimately documented histories full of grit, determination and tenacity to succeed despite any obstacles.
Daryl T. Hinmon is an acclaimed local author of two books: Slaves With Swag: The Negroes Your History Teacher Forgot To Mention and Black Gold: Remarkable Achievements of Formerly Enslaved African Americans & Their Descendants. A local author, researcher, and historian, the Library welcomes Daryl in discussing his works, his research, and his approach to understanding history, and how we, as a community, may better look to understand how much of American History is Black History, and the incredible lives lived by so many individuals not taught in many curriculums.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, Daryl T. Hinmon earned a Bachelor's degree with Highest Honors from Morgan State University and a Summa Cum Laude Master's degree from the Florida Institute of Technology. Through all his schooling, Daryl has always loved the History discipline, but disliked the manner in which Africans and African Americans were portrayed in the curriculum. Consequently, he has performed many years of independent study to discover the rest of the story, which he shares with the rest of the world by publishing history books written from the Black perspective.