Conversations in Black Freedom Studies - Fallen Freedom Fighters: An Evening Commemorating the Lives of Maya Angelou, Chokwe Lumumba, General Baker, Thelma Dale and Amiri Baraka

Date and Time
September 3, 2015
Event Details

Recently, Black America lost a number of its most important cultural and political voices. This conversation is an evening commemorating the lives of Maya Angelou, Chokwe Lumumba, General Baker, Thelma Dale and Amiri Baraka with Farah Jasmine Griffin (Columbia University), Akinyele Umoja (Georgia State University), Robyn Spencer (Lehman College), Dayo Gore (University of California, San Diego) and Curator Komozi Woodard.

Schomburg Education presents this dynamic adult education series with a full line-up of provocative scholars and community members committed to engaging dialogue about black freedom studies.  The fall 2015 semester is curated by professors Jeanne Theoharis (Brooklyn College/CUNY) and Komozi Woodard (Sarah Lawrence College).

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