Day: October 8, 2012

  • Barack X The New Yorker 2012-10-08 Jelani Cobb, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Institute of African American Studies University of Connecticut 1. It’s mid-March in Harlem and the streets are an improvised urban bazaar. Young men hawk umbrellas, vintage vinyl, and knit caps. The aromas of curry and fried plantains waft out…

  • American Dilemma: The Negro problem and Modern Democracy Harper and Brothers Publishing 1944 822 pages Gunnar Myrdal (1898-1987) With the Assistance of Richard Sterner and Arnold Rose This landmark effort to understand African-American people in the New World provides deep insight into the contradictions of American democracy as well as a study of a people…

  • Blackface, Whiteness and the Power of Definition in German Contemporary Theatre The International Research Center “Interweaving Performance Cultures” invites Bühnenwatch Studio 1 Kunstquartier Bethanien Mariannenplatz 2 / 10 997 Berlin 2012-10-16, 11:00-16:30 CEST (Local Time) With presentations by Sharon Otoo, Sandrine Micossé-Aikins, Dr. Daniele Daude, Dr. Azadeh Sharifi and Julia Lemmle Moderated by Oliver Kontny…

  • Anomaly – Film Screening and Performance Bentley University Wilder Pavilion – Adamian Academic Center Waltham, Massachusetts Wednesday, 2012-10-24, 18:30 EDT (Local Time) Jessica Chen Drammeh, Director/Producer Sharon Smith, Co-Producer Anomaly is an award-winning documentary that provides a thought-provoking look at multiracial identity by combining personal narratives with the larger drama of mixed race in American…

  • The nation’s poet The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Personal Journeys 2012-10-06 Rosalind Bentley, Arts and Culture writer Personal Journeys is a new weekly feature for readers who like good writing and good story-telling The National Book Festival along the Mall in Washington is thronged with readers and authors who’ve come to revel in the written word on…