From the Block to the Boardroom
Tracey Syphax, an ex-offender turned businessperson, talked about ending mass incarceration through educating the community on proper re-entry tools and entrepreneurship for former prisoners…
837 viewsTracey Syphax, an ex-offender turned businessperson, talked about ending mass incarceration through educating the community on proper re-entry tools and entrepreneurship for former prisoners…
837 viewsA panel discussion was held on the work of Ghanaian writer Ama Ata Aidoo, who since the 1960s has written fiction, poetry, drama, children’s literature, essays, and political and cultural co…
1,138 viewsAuthors Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Clark Blaise, Elizabeth Nunez and Bharati Mukherjee discussed their immigrant experiences. The panelists related the stories and experiences created as thei…
261 viewsPanelists discussed immigration, displacement, and the difficulty of adjusting to a new culture. Mr. Dickstein moderated the panel, which was entitled "The Mythology of the American Dream: …
407 viewsDr. Henry Lacey is the moderator for a discussion of civil rights as they are portrayed in literature, as opposed to how they appear in reality. The panel members discussed their own involve…
393 viewsPanelists discussed what makes a black book black and what the pros and cons are of such a label. Mr. Watkins is the author of Who Killed Tiffany Jones, published by Amistad Press. Mr. Toure…
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