Art and Black Power: Mapping Malcolm at the Apollo
Join us for an arts and culture celebration of the impact of Malcolm X on the Black Arts Movement and radical world-making practices.
Mapping Malcolm Reading by Najha Zigbi-Johnson
Conversation with Kamilah Forbes and Sade Lythcott
Live music by Samora Pinderhughes/The Healing Project
and house music by DJ Bridge
Visuals courtesy of the Yuri Kochiyama Solidarity Project
Books by Sister's Uptown Bookstore & Cultural Center
Evening program curated by Najha Zigbi-Johnson.
This event is free and open to all. We look forward to welcoming you! Kindly note that reservations do not guarantee entry so please arrive early to ensure you can be seated. Doors open at 7:30.
*Art and Black Power is the culminating event of the Center for the Study of Social Difference's series Countering the Carceral State. Rooted in Malcolm X’s political awakening related to the deep study that he undertook while he was in prison, the series has explored the crises of disciplinary enforcement central to American power at home and abroad.
Organized by the Center for the Study of Social Difference at Columbia University in partnership with Columbia Books on Architecture and the City. Co-sponsored by The Radio in the Orchard, Department of Music, and Institute for Research in African-American Studies/Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies.
Design by Ayem.
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