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VIEWS,
reVIEWS,
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Publisher:
Kwame Brathwaite
Chief Writer:
Joan Banks
Reporter:
Surya Peterson
Web Editor: Cecil Lee |
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JVC Jazz Exhibition
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The JVC Jazz
Exhibition Honors photographers Kwame Brathwaite (NCA President) and
the legendary Chuck Stewart |
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Opening reception was on
July 10 at the newly renovated Countee Cullen Library/ Gallery (104 W.
136th St.) also featured are Otto Neals, Norman Messiah,
Betty Blayton Taylor, Dindga McCannon, Wayne Clarke, Lennny Gittens,
Emmett Wigglesworth, Verna Hart, Tafa, Howardena Pindell, Ann Tanksley,
Eric Girault, Michael Singletary, Ellsworth Ausby, Jamilliah Jennings,
Wadsworth Jarrell, Bara Diokhane and others.
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This was a companion
exhibition to the JVC exhibit that opened in June featuring works by
Romare Bearden, Benny Andrews, Richard Mayhew, Faith Ringgold and others
at the Columbia Medical Center’s Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion.
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James Baldwin Stamp & Exhibition
The United
States Postal Service unveiled the new James Baldwin stamp at
Harlem's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to an overflow
crowd of family, friends and admirers of the late writer.
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His
autobiography Go Tell It On the Mountain, his essay collection Notes on
a Native Son and novels The Fire Next Time, Giovanni’s Room,
Another Country, Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone, If Beale Street
Could Talk, and Just Above My Head, along with plays Blues
for Mister Charlie and The Amen Corner became required reading
and sparks that helped to fuel the Civil Rights movement. |
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Present
for the event were Dr. Maya Angelou, Howard Dodson (chief of the Schomburg),
Amiri Baraka, Ossie Davis and Rubie Dee, Odetta and master of ceremonies,
Avery Brooks. |
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An
exhibition of photographic images by NCA artist Ted Pointeflet, The
James Baldwin Series, opened at the Schomburg’s Latimer/Edison Gallery
and will be on view until September 3rd in celebration of the
writer’s 80th birthday year.
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THE CENTER FOR BLACK
LITERATURE
@ MEDGAR EVERS PRESENTS
WRITERS ON WRITING
IN THE STUDIOS OF MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE
OVER THE AIRWAVES OF WNYE, 91.5 FM
SUNDAYS, 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM
HOSTED BY DR. BRENDA M. GREENE
Summer Schedule Conversations
Brenda M. Greene, Ph.D., Professor of English
Executive Director, Center for Black Literature
Medgar Evers College, CUNY
1650 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11225
718 270-6976/4941
AUGUST 1, 2004
ERICA SIMONE TURNIPSEED
A LOVE NOIRE: A NOVEL
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AUGUST 8, 2004
CAMILLE YARBROUGH
FAMILY FOREVER |
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AUGUST 15. 2004
SHEREE RENE THOMAS
DARK MATTER: READING THE BONES
AUGUST 22, 2004
TONI BLACKMAN
INNER-COURSE: A PLEA FOR REAL LOVE
AUGUST 29, 2004
TONY MEDINA
COMMITTED TO BREATHING
SEPTEMBER 5, 2004
NTARE GUMA MBABO MWINE
BIRO
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