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18th National Black Writers Conference
18th National Black Writers Conference
Expanding Conversations on Environmental Justice, Popular Culture, Resilience, and Peace. A community gathering for the writer and reader. Black writers have long transformed lived struggle into powerful art—illuminating truth, inspiring action, and imagining new futures. The 18th National Black Writers Conference brings together voices from across the African diaspora whose words challenge boundaries and empower change. Their stories, poems, scholarship, screenplays, and plays explore the struggle for civil and human rights, confronting injustice while inspiring hope, strength, and transformation. Join us as we celebrate the writers who use literature to spark dialogue, deepen understanding, and sustain us through challenging times.

Wednesday, 25, 18.00 - Saturday, 28, 20.00 Brooklyn, NY _$25

Hands On History: Read Black History
Hands On History: Read Black History
Welcome back to King Manor! We kick off 2026 with a collaboration to celebrate Black History Month. Stop by to learn more about Black figures in American history and revolutions around the world. This event will have reading circles, access to our learning library, and create art inspired by the work of Alma Thomas. Admission is free for all ages! Tickets are not required but lets our staff prepare for your arrival! Part of King Manor's Hands On History series This program is supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Saturday, 07, 19.56 - Saturday, 07, 19.56 Jamaica, NY _$25

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Hands On History: Read Black History
Hands On History: Read Black History
Welcome back to King Manor! We kick off 2026 with a collaboration to celebrate Black History Month. Stop by to learn more about Black figures in American history and revolutions around the world. This event will have reading circles, access to our learning library, and create art inspired by the work of Alma Thomas. Admission is free for all ages! Tickets are not required but lets our staff prepare for your arrival! Part of King Manor's Hands On History series This program is supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Saturday, 07, 19.56 - Saturday, 07, 19.56 Jamaica, NY _$25

Policing Blackness: Resisting Repression, Police Violence, and Surveillance
Policing Blackness: Resisting Repression, Police Violence, and Surveillance
This Black History Month, please join us on February 5th for an event on Policing Blackness: Resisting Repression, Police Violence, and Surveillance. Brittany Friedman will present on a critical new text Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons. Aaron G. Fountain will discuss High School Students Unite! Teen Activism, Education Reform, and FBI Surveillance in Postwar America, connecting struggles over policing and education. Joshua Clark Davis will share research from Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back, expanding our understanding of repression beyond COINTELPRO. Finally, LaShawn Harris will teach about the life of Eleanor Bumpurs, which she powerfully illuminates in Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City. This will be an in-person event at the Schomburg Center and live-streamed on youtube. Teachers can earn 2 CTLE credits. ABOUT CONVERSATIONS IN BLACK FREEDOM STUDIES The founding curators of this series, Professors Jeanne Theoharis (Brooklyn College/CUNY) and Komozi Woodard (Sarah Lawrence College), introduced a new paradigm that challenged the older geography, leadership, ideology, culture and chronology of Civil Rights historiography. Jeanne Theoharis continues in her role and is joined by Robyn C. Spencer-Antoine (Wayne State University) ) as co-curator. Komozi Woodard continues to advise the series from an emeritus position. Discussions take place on the first Thursday of each month. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY | Live captioning is available for streaming programs. ASL interpretation and real-time (CART) captioning available upon request. Please submit your request at least two weeks in advance by emailing [email protected]. PRESS | Please send all press inquiries (photo, video, interviews, audio-recording, etc) at least 24-hours before the day of the program to Leah Drayton at [email protected]. Please note that professional video recordings are prohibited without expressed consent. Conversations in Black Freedom Studies is supported by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center. Additional support provided by Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation.

Thursday, 05, 18.30 - Thursday, 05, 20.00 New York, NY _$25

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18th National Black Writers Conference
18th National Black Writers Conference
Expanding Conversations on Environmental Justice, Popular Culture, Resilience, and Peace. A community gathering for the writer and reader. Black writers have long transformed lived struggle into powerful art—illuminating truth, inspiring action, and imagining new futures. The 18th National Black Writers Conference brings together voices from across the African diaspora whose words challenge boundaries and empower change. Their stories, poems, scholarship, screenplays, and plays explore the struggle for civil and human rights, confronting injustice while inspiring hope, strength, and transformation. Join us as we celebrate the writers who use literature to spark dialogue, deepen understanding, and sustain us through challenging times.

Thursday, 05, 18.30 - Thursday, 05, 20.00 Brooklyn, NY 53.74

Hands On History: Read Black History
Hands On History: Read Black History
Welcome back to King Manor! We kick off 2026 with a collaboration to celebrate Black History Month. Stop by to learn more about Black figures in American history and revolutions around the world. This event will have reading circles, access to our learning library, and create art inspired by the work of Alma Thomas. Admission is free for all ages! Tickets are not required but lets our staff prepare for your arrival! Part of King Manor's Hands On History series This program is supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Thursday, 05, 18.30 - Thursday, 05, 20.00 Jamaica, NY 0.00

Hands On History: Read Black History
Hands On History: Read Black History
Welcome back to King Manor! We kick off 2026 with a collaboration to celebrate Black History Month. Stop by to learn more about Black figures in American history and revolutions around the world. This event will have reading circles, access to our learning library, and create art inspired by the work of Alma Thomas. Admission is free for all ages! Tickets are not required but lets our staff prepare for your arrival! Part of King Manor's Hands On History series This program is supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Thursday, 05, 18.30 - Thursday, 05, 20.00 Jamaica, NY 0.00

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