Malcolm, Martin and Medgar: A Reunion
The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers
College, CUNY, will partner with WNYC in its Martin
Luther King Day Celebration, Malcolm, Martin and
Medgar: A Reunion. Co-Hosted by WNYC’s Brian
Lehrer and Farai Chideya, the program will feature
conversations sparked by A. Peter Bailey’s play,
Malcolm, Martin, Medgar. Panelists will discuss how
current events might be seen by the three slain civil
right icons today.
WNYC’s Peabody Award-winning host Brian Lehrer
and Farai Chideya, will lead a dynamic forum
inspired by passages from the play Malcolm, Martin,
Medgar, written by close Malcolm X associate A.
Peter Bailey and read by actors Bernard Calloway
and Jamie Hector.
Peter Bailey, Dr. Brenda M. Greene, Dr. Khalil
Gibran Muhammad and Dr. Peniel Joseph will
participate in an invigorating afternoon of discussion,
art, music and personal reminiscence that examines
how these visionaries influenced and learned from
each other, how they were affected by the
movements around them, and how their legacy lives
on today. They will explore questions such as “What
would Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X and Medgar
Evers talk about behind closed doors? What would
they have to say about the work of our first African
American president, about gun violence, and about
today’s civil rights movement?”
PETER BAILEY, playwright, journalist and activist, is
author of Malcolm, Martin, Medgar and an original
member of the Malcolm X founded, Organization of
Afro-American Unity.
DR. BRENDA M. GREENE, Director of the National
Black Writers Conference, is Professor of English
and Executive Director of the Center for Black
Literature at Medgar Evers College of the City
University of New York.
DR. KHALIL GIBRAN MUHAMMAD is Director of the
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture,
The New York Public Library and author of The
Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the
Making of Modern Urban America.
DR. PENIEL JOSEPH is Professor of History at
Tufts University; author of the award-winning Waiting
‘Til the Midnight Hour, and several other titles on the
civil rights movement.
The Event is free but RSVPs are mandatory.
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The Center for Black Literature, founded in 2003, and
spearheaded by Dr. Brenda M. Greene, the Center
for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY,
was established to expand, broaden, and enrich the
general public’s knowledge and aesthetic
appreciation of the value of black literature; to
continue the tradition and legacy of the National
Black Writers Conference; to serve as a voice,
mecca, and resource for Black writers; and to study
the literature of people from the African Diaspora. It
is the only Center devoted to this in the country.
http://www.centerforblackliterature.org
The Brooklyn Museum, housed in a 560,000 square-
foot, Beaux-Arts building, is one of the oldest and
largest art museums in the country. Its world-
renowned permanent collections range from ancient
Egyptian masterpieces to contemporary art, and
represent a wide range of cultures. Only a 30-minute
subway ride from midtown Manhattan, the museum
is part of a complex of nineteenth-century parks and
gardens that also includes Prospect Park, the
Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the Prospect Park Zoo
www.brooklynmuseum.org.
Date:
January 20, 2013
Time:
3:00 PM
–
5:00 PM
College:
Medgar Evers College
Address:
Brooklyn Musuem
200 Eastern Parkway
Building:
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Room:
Cantor Auditorium
Phone:
718-804-8883
Website:
Admission:
Free