Sheridan Brown Author Talk

Sheridan Brown, author of “The Viola Factor,” will be visiting us this evening.

Ms. Brown was born in Tennessee and raised in small towns in southwest Virginia. She practiced her profession as an educator in Virginia, Massachusetts, and Florida.  She holds advanced degrees in school leadership.  She is a certified teacher, principal, and educational leader. The arts have always been a central force in her life as she minored in music in college. Upon retirement, she began volunteering, painting, writing, researching, and traveling with her husband, attorney John Crawford. She has one son, Tony Hume. She is GiGi to Aiden.

"The Viola Factor" takes place at a time when the country faced division and growth after the American Civil War. Viola Knapp Ruffner struggled with what was just and fair, becoming a little-known confidant for a young black scholar from Virginia. But Viola was much more than a teacher; she was a mother, wife, game changer, and friend. With her mother's dying wish, a young woman alone, she left her New England roots. This is a story of trauma and love in the South while battling for justice and the rightful education of the enslaved and once enslaved. African American leader Booker T. Washington called her his friend and model for life.

For more information on the event, contact the Friends of the Moneta/SML Library through their website at https://friendsofmonetalibrary.org/. 

For more information about Sheridan Brown and The Viola Factor, visit the author’s website at http://browncrawford.wordpress.com/.