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Black Male Development Tour 

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 Books by Don L. Lee/Haki Madhubuti

Think Black  / Black Pride We Walk the Way of the New World  / Directionscore: Selected and New Poems  /  To Gwen with Love

Dynamite Voices I: Black Poets of the 1960s  /  Book of Life  /  From Plan to Planet  /  Enemies: The Clash of Races

Say That the River Turns: The Impact of Gwendolyn Brooks  / Killing Memory, Seeking Ancestors  / Black Men: Obsolete, Single, Dangerous?

Why L.A. Happened: Implications of the `92 Los Angeles Rebellion  / Claiming Earth: Race, Rage, Rape, Redemption

 Million Man March/Day of Absence: A Commemorative Anthology

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Black Male Development Tour

Join Third World Press publisher Haki R. Madhubuti and other TWP authors for a series of community discussions on Black Male Development. The event consist of discussions, readings and book signings. Contact TWP tour and symposium coordinator Patrick Oliver if your organization would like to host a Black Male Development event. Additional dates and cities will be scheduled for July and August 2003.  See scheduled dates and cities below.

Harlem, New York

 

Date: Saturday, July 19, 2003

Organization: QBR Black Book Review

Event Location: Harlem Book Fair Harlem, NY

Contact: Max Rodriguez (212) 348-1681

Presenter: Haki Madhubuti, bell hooks, Jill Nelson and Rita McLaughlin

 

St. Louis, MO.

 

Date: Monday, July 21, 2003 3:30 p.m.

Organization: National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice

Event Location: Adams Mark Hotel St. Louis, MO.

Contact: (573) 751-2389

Presenters: Useni Perkins

 

St. Louis, MO.

Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 2:30 p.m.

Organization: Urban Artist Alliance for Child Development and First

Civilization Inc.

Event Location: Schlafly Library 225 N. Euclid St.Louis, MO. (314) 367-4120

Contact: Martin-Keith Stallings (314) 383-1649

Presenter: Useni Eugene Perkins

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Birmingham, AL.

Date: Friday May 30, 2003 6:30 p.m.

Organization: Malcolm X Center for Self Determination

Event Location: Malcolm X Center for Determination 119 3rd Avenue West

Contact: Ahmed Obafemi (205) 324-5061

Presenter: Haki Madhubuti special guest during Malcolm X Birthday commemorative program

Atlanta, GA.

Date: Saturday May 31, 2003  2:00 p.m.

Organization: Shrine of the Black Madonna

Event Location: 944 R.D. Abernathy Boulevard SW

Contact: Amir (404) 752-6125

Presenters: Haki R. Madhubuti and Michael Simanga

Minneapolis, MN

Date: Thursday June 5, 2003  8:00 p.m.

Organization: 1,000 Brothers Network

Event Location: Minneapolis Convention Center

Contact: Kwasi Nate Russell (612) 359 -0077

Presenters: Useni Eugene Perkins

Memphis, TN

Date: Thursday June 12, 2003  6:30 p.m.

Organization: Kemet Bookstore

Event Location:Kemet Bookstore  1425 Elvis Presley Blvd.

Contact: Gary Johnson (901) 774-3872 

Presenter: Haki R. Madhubuti

St. Louis, MO

Date: Thursday, June 19, 2003  6:30 p.m.

Organization: Urban Artist Alliance for Child Development, First

Civilization Inc. and YMCA/Headstart - St. Louis

Event Location: Schlafly Library 225 N. Euclid  St.Louis, MO. (314) 367-4120

Contact: Martin-Keith Stallings (314) 383-1649

Presenter: Haki R. Madhubuti

 

Black Male Development Symposium September 2003

The Black Male Development Symposium is scheduled to be in Chicago September 2003. The symposium will provide an opportunity for youth, adults, educational institutions and community organizations to participate in a two-day symposium designed to address the life threatening issues facing Black male youth.

Symposium Topics: Reclaiming the Black Male Image, Hip-Hop Generation, Politics and the Black Male, Celebrating Black Women, Black Male Health and Spirituality, Educate to Elevate and Art as a Tool of Empowerment.

Various educators, professionals, community leaders and youth will participate on various panels and facilitate workshops.

Patrick Oliver, Director 

Sales and Marketing Third World Press, Inc.

P.O.Box 19730 / 7822 S. Dobson Street

Chicago, IL 60619 / (773) 651-0700 ext 25

Fax: (773) 651-7286 / patrickoliver@thirdworldpressinc.com

 

 

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Related Files:  Haki Madhubuti Bio  Haki's Hard Truths  A Response to Hard Truths  Stanley Crouch's Response to Hard Truths   Response to Crouch's "Cliches"  

The Poetry of Don L. Lee by Paula Giddings  Black Male Development Tour  Amiri Baraka Table  Black Arts and Black Power Figures