Fiction, drama and essay each featured here today will illustrate the ways in which his or her work speak to the complex experiences of black people in literature and i know were at the 16th National Black writers conference, but the speakers youre about to listen to are not living by the pen. Youll witnessing the unraveling of whitewashed history through the eyes of historians like dolan valdez, whose work plants its palms into american soil and pulls out narratives that are imagined and true all at once. Youll be looking at executive producers like jelani cobb, whose influence ranges from marvels luke cage, the newly released lincolns dilemma. Youll be listening to sci and fantasy tv comic book connoisseur like marlon james, whose works will be splashing our screens in the coming years. And well and that will be no surprise to any of us. Youll hear voices all too familiar because youve heard them times before, like kahlil gibran, whose words have graced many documents and Media Outle
It is 4. 5 hours. Like sows everybody doing out there . It is a privilege to welcome you to a celebration and commemoration. On this day 50 years ago hundreds of thousands of people came together to be part of a call to action. It would defy not just the Civil Rights Movement but it reminds us of who we are as americans. What is the dream . Was delivered right here. Imagine what it was like to be here 50 years ago. Hundreds of thousands of people came together to be part of a call to action. There were rumors that coming here would be dangerous. There were fears that nobody would show up. In the end, it was a success because people believed in the power of standing for something. That speech by dr. King was not called, i have a dream. It was called, normalcy never again. It was about opportunity for all people. It was about looking forward to where we need to go as a country, which reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from 50 years ago. He said, the future does not belong to those w
Now on bbc news, coronavirus life in lockdown. Hello, im victoria derbyshire. Welcome to the latest in our special programme of the world in lockdown, as billion around the world adapt to life at home because of coronavirus. Well start in brazil. Ana terra athayde is a video journalist who lives in copacabana. Her ancestors are from the amazon, where hundreds of thousands of Indigenous People have closed access to their lands against the threat of covid 19. Shes been following their plight. The United States currently has more than four times as many confirmed cases of coronavirus as any other country. To understand the impact lockdown is having on the lives of people across the country, the bbcs online team have Young American photographers to document their story. Heres maddie, a University Student in ohio. Hi, my name is madeleine hordinski. Im 22 and right now im living in cincinnati with my little sister, sabina, and my parents. I have been thinking a lot this week about where ohi