# 2022 National Book Festival: Dolen Perkins-Valdez on "Take My Hand"

Dolen Perkins-Valdez's latest novel, "Take My Hand," revolves around Civil Townsend, a Black nurse we follow from the early days of her career in 1973 to her eventual retirement. Inspired by true events, the novel lays bare the shameful history of state-sanctioned abuses against Black girls and women by medical professionals in America. Moderated by Linda Villarosa.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2022
- By: National Book Festival (u.s.)
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2024698229/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2024698229?play=1)