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This keynote event provides a space for dialogue about healing in Africana communities. Rashida Bumbray, a Brooklyn-based curator and choreographer, and Senior Program Manager of the Arts Exchange at Open Society Foundations is the featured keynote guest. Ms. Bumbray's talk titled “The Value of Black Spaces” includes an abbreviated screening of Black America Again (with Common, Stevie
Black Life & Photography
The Read-In
Keynote event: LaShonda Katrice Barnett LaShonda Katrice Barnett was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1974, and grew up in Park Forest, Illinois. She is the author of the debut novel Jam on the Vine (Grove 2015; paperback 2/2016) and a story collection (1999). Designated a Stonewall Honor Award by the American Library Association (2016),
The Life of Zora Neale Hurston: A Curated Exhibit
City Tech students, faculty, and staff read excerpts from classic and contemporary Africana texts with special recognition of W. E. B. DuBois and Audre Lorde. Refreshments to follow.
National African American Read-In
City Tech students, faculty, and staff read excerpts from classic and contemporary Africana texts with special recognition of W. E. B. DuBois and Audre Lorde. Refreshments to follow.
Keynote Event
T.R. Simon, author of the Edgar Award –nominated children’s book Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground, and musician/composer Khuent Rose participate in a community conversation about storytelling in Africana communities.
The event also includes student presentations, a musical selection by Rose on the steel pan, a book signing by Simon, and a reception.
Blackness and the Spatial Politics of Performance for Black Americans under Jim Crow Segregation Public space in the 19th and 20th century was inaccessible most of the time, but there were moments such as expositions, pageants, parades and protests when public space was claimed. Marching On: The Politics of Performance explores the histories, driving forces,
Soul Steps’ performance illustrates the dynamic percussive dance movement called Stepping. Their often interactive presentation also includes an overview of the history and healing power of stepping throughout the African Diaspora.
African American Studies Department presents 2021 Black History Month Keynote Event: Black Lives Lead: We, Too, Sing America!
