Inspired all the time either work of these young scholars. A day that farah came to speak to our class, the work were studying was pain, which is already one of my favorite books. It was so moving because i realized while she was giving us this wonderful guidance, the first time id been taught literature by a black person, besides my mother who was of course my first instruction in reading and writing but its one of those moments that if you like should be marked and i want to extend my gratitude for that, and you continue to inspire me. Thank you so much. Thats the great joys of teaching, you dont know who is sitting out there in terms of this extraordinarily talented young writer who i would read it many years later without knowing that she was one of the students in the class. So its really lovely to think it also for being here tonight. I wanted to ask farah to share with us the introduction of harlem nocturne. Is really a beautiful way she brings these women onto the page pics i w
On a chilly spring day, I arrived in the salubrious setting of Wellesley College in Massachusetts to honour towering Trinidadian Pan-African scholar, Selwyn Cudjoe, who was retiring from the liberal arts institution after 38 years, having earlier.
An in-depth look at the activities and ideology of the British Black Panther Movement in London, and the influence which the experiences of the American Black Panther Party had on them.
battles and the things that he did, making the kinds of decisions could not have been, so how you put all this together. the one end is the idea of this great guy going through the woods and this great frontiers men. and then roberts the pioneering guy. these are things that are so deep in the american myths of how we were created in what the frontier, how did the frontier really make us americans who we were? that is what i really wanted to get back, painting and more complex story of the nature of the frontier. there were a bunch of people out there trying to survive in the all learn from each other. indians, the hunters, the french trappers and british colonies. they were all hungry out there and learned to survive. there s this incredible morphing and learning of different cultures. robert rogers was the epitome of that i think. .. [inaudible] what area of a twin dealing with primary sources and secondary sources and dealing with the living history community, what area of
hopeful that the doctor will come back and allow us to hear that is the number one book i am encouraging all people to read and also the forgotten man. realized that the 11,000 the 11th annual harlem book fair coming to live from the schaumburg auditorium for our schedules starts in just a couple of minutes with the author catherine acholonu who will discuss her book they lived before adam followed by new york times senior editor who reflects on her husband s writings from the iraq war. later grigory walker presents his book and research of the trojan war. our coverage continues with the biography panel followed by a discussion of african american language and culture. we end the day with a panel that is all coming up from the 2009 harlem book fair. in just a couple of months in just a couple of minutes, 85 they do levander of government to the annual harlem book fair and thank you to our viewing audience think you ve to c-span for once again partner with us to tell