Writin' Is Fightin': Malcolm X & Black Writers
(In future posts I hope to notify you of such events in advance).
While there is much to be discussed from what I gained from the amazing panel, I would like to make mention of a book I purchased at the event. As soon as I finish reading it, I will post my book review.
Black Way of Seeing: From "Liberty" to Freedom
by Paul Robeson Jr
From Publishers Weekly
For more than 20 years, Robeson was "close aide and personal representative" to his father, actor and activist Paul Robeson Sr. Robeson's latest book, following Paul Robeson Jr. Speaks to America: The Politics of Multiculturalism and The Undiscovered Paul Robeson, An Artist's Journey, continues the elder Robeson's tradition of speaking out thoughtfully and frankly, and sketches a vision of American history where Black Americans, from slavery forward, have been forced to live a "separate reality" from white Americans. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
Writin' Is Fightin': Malcolm X & Black Writers
Saturday May 19, 2007 from 3PM to 6PM
At the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture- Malcolm X Blvd & 135th Street
Commemorating the 82nd Birthday of Malcolm X, the Malcolm X Museum has organized an intergenerational conversation with 9 Black writers about the impact of Malcolm X upon Black writers and the impact of Black writers upon Malcolm X.
The Black activist-writers in conversation will be: Askia Ture (Boston), Kevin Powell (Brooklyn), Camille Yarbrough (Harlem), Johanna Fernandez (Pittsburgh), Marvin X (San Francisco/Oakland), Herb Boyd (Harlem), Cheryll Green (Harlem), Esther Iverem (Philladelphia), and Osuware Oyande (Philadelphia).
Spokenn word artist, Sista Devynyty will help set the tone with one of her poems.
This FREE event will be followed by a public reception in the lobby of the newly renovated Schomburg Center.
For more information: 212.650.8956
Location: the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture- Malcolm X Blvd & 135th Street
Contact: Venus Green-- 212.650.8956
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