Friends of the DC Public Library

Georgetown Neighborhood Library: Great Voices of Black American Literature Series. The Bushwick Book Club hosts a "Giovanni's Room Mix Performance."

  • Saturday, August 03, 2024
  • 2:00 PM
  • Georgetown Neighborhood Library

Discover the powerful voices that shaped American literature in our upcoming series, "Great Voices of Black American Literature," hosted at the Georgetown Neighborhood Library from July 27 to August 3. Join us for a week of insightful talks and performances celebrating the enduring legacy of Langston Hughes, Lorraine Hansberry, and James Baldwin.

Event Schedule:

Langston Hughes: the Darker Brother
A talk by poet and scholar Mark McMorris
Saturday, July 27, 2:00 pm

The Price of Living: Lorraine Hansberry's Radical Placemaking
A talk by Prof. Jennifer D. Williams
Tuesday, July 30, 6:00 pm

Why Baldwin Endures
A talk by scholar Tulani Salahu-Din
Thursday, August 1, 5:30 pm

Giovanni’s Room Mix Performance
By Bushwick Book Club
Saturday, August 3, 2:00 pm

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