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Books by Arna Bontemps
God Sends Sunday: Novel /
Black Thunder, Gabriel's Revolt: Virginia, 1800 /
Anyplace But Here /
The Harlem Renaissance Remembered
The Poetry of the Negro, 1746-1949
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Bontemps, American Negro Poetry
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Arna
Bontemps-Langston Hughes Letters, 1925-1967
The Old South;: "A summer tragedy" and other stories of
the thirties /
The Story of the Jubilee Singers /
Great Slave Narratives
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Arna
Bontemps
Centennial
Celebration
The
Arna Bontemps African American Museum and Cultural Arts Center
will kick-off the Arna Bontemps Centennial Celebration on
Friday, October 11 and Saturday, October 12, 2002. This
multicultural festival will commemorate the 100th birthday of
Alexandria's native son, Harlem Renaissance writer and scholar,
Arna Wendell Bontemps.
The Arna Bontemps Centennial Celebration will include a book
fair, a visual arts exhibit, a film screening, musical
performances, theatrical presentations, a birthday party and
reception, readings by famous contemporary writers and panel
discussions assessing the legacy of Arna Bontemps. These events
will take place in a number of venues in Alexandria including
the Alexandria Riverfront Center, the Hotel Bentley, the
Alexandria Museum of Art and the Arna Bontemps African American
Museum and Cultural Arts Center.
Among the writers who have agreed to participate is Lalita
Tademy, author of
Cane River, a novel that tells the story of
four generations of African-American women from a Louisiana
community [and
Red River].. This award-winning novel was an Oprah Book Club
selection. Also featured during the celebration will be such
nationally acclaimed Louisiana writers as Brenda Marie Osbey,
Pinkie Gordon Lane and Kalamu ya Salaam.
In addition, award-winning biographer Dr. Arnold Rampersad of
Stanford University will also make a keynote presentation on the
life and work of Arna Bontemps. Other celebration highlights
will include reminiscences by the late writer's son, Dr. Arna
Alexander Bontemps, professor of history at Arizona State
University, performances by "The Bontempian Big Band",
the Arna Bontemps Junior Writers Guild, Kedrick Holiday and
Frank Jackson of Pineville High School and Dr. and Mrs. Randall
Bernhard.
The Centennial Celebration will begin on Friday, October 11,
with an opening ceremony at the Alexandria Riverfront Center.
During this ceremony, Sunday, October 13, 2002 will be
proclaimed Arna Bontemps Centennial Day in the Alexandria and
Pineville area.
The Centennial Celebration is free and open to the public. If
you would like additional information please contact LaRunda
Hobbs or Joan Victorian at 318-473-4692 or visit our website, www.arnabontempsmuseum.com
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Arna
Bontemps African American Museum
1327 Third Street
Alexandria, LA 71301
www.arnabontempsmuseum.com |
