Winning: The Black Resistance Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Fri, Feb 26
|Online Event
Since the first Africans were enslaved in North America in the 16th century, Black people have been fighting for freedom. Join us for a discussion with Esther Iverem and Makani Themba, two social justice innovators, as we discuss the Black resistance in its many forms.
Time & Location
Feb 26, 2021, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EST
Online Event
About the Event
Join us for a discussion with Esther Iverem and Makani Themba, two social justice innovators, as we discuss the Black resistance in its many forms as the challenges shift from slavery to lynching, segregation, inequality, discrimination, profiling, mass incarceration, police violence, and more. May we take inspiration from the past and honor those who continue to fight for freedom, justice, and equality.
Esther Iverem is a multi-disciplinary artist, writer, and independent journalist. She is creator, produce,r and host of “On the Ground: Voices of Resistance From the Nation's Capital" on Pacifica Radio, founder of the pioneering Black website, SeeingBlack.com, and a founding member of DC Poets Against the War/Split This Rock. She is a recipient of numerous awards and honors. She is a 2018 Fellow in the Humanities for the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and received a National Arts Journalism Fellowship at Columbia University. Her latest book,…